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Direct linkZhang, Xiaopeng – Language Learning, 2017
This study adopted Ambridge's research paradigm to examine the effects of entrenchment, preemption, and verb semantics in second language (L2) acquisition of English "un-" prefixation. Three groups of Chinese learners of English (second- and fourth-year English majors and teachers of English) rated the acceptability of 48 "un-"…
Descriptors: Generalization, Error Analysis (Language), Linguistic Performance, Language Styles
Gyllstad, Henrik; Wolter, Brent – Language Learning, 2016
The present study investigates whether two types of word combinations (free combinations and collocations) differ in terms of processing by testing Howarth's Continuum Model based on word combination typologies from a phraseological tradition. A visual semantic judgment task was administered to advanced Swedish learners of English (n = 27) and…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedCarrell, Patricia L. – Language Learning, 1977
The theoretical linguistic distinction between assertion and presupposition was empirically tested with two groups of subjects, young children acquiring English as their first language and adults acquiring English as a second language. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Child Language, English, English (Second Language)
