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Saunders, Neville J. – Language Learning, 1987
Examines the word-final, voiceless, stop-sibilant clusters formed by the attachment of -z morphemes to verbs and nouns in the speech production of Japanese learners of English. Reduction is the favored production strategy, but epenthesis is also used. Noun attachments are subject to less error than are verb attachments. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Cenoz, Jasone, Ed.; Hufeisen, Britta, Ed.; Jessner, Ulrike, Ed. – 2001
This volume focuses on the psycholinguistic aspects of language transfer when three languages are in contact, and provides an overview of the state of the art in cross-linguistic influence in third language acquisition. This edited volume contains, in addition to an introduction, ten chapters. Chapter titles include the following: "The Effect of…
Descriptors: Age, Error Analysis (Language), German, Interlanguage
Rubattel, Christian, Ed. – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (TRANEL), 1991
Papers in linguistics in this issue include: "Aspects logico-semantiques de la metaphore" ("Logico-Semantic Aspects of the Metaphor") (Michel le Guern); "Metaphore et travail lexicale" ("Metaphor and Lexical Work") (Georges Ludi); "Aspects linguistiques et pragmatiques de la metaphore: anomalie…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Dube, Sibusisiwe – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 2000
A notable feature of developing interlanguage grammars is the apparent optionality in those areas of grammar where optionality is not characteristic of stable state grammars. In the Valueless Features Hypothesis, it is proposed that the appearance of apparent optionality in the very early stages of interlanguage development is due to the partial…
Descriptors: English, Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar
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Clachar, Arlene – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1992
Reports on a study that sought to determine whether adult English-as-a-Second-Language students with internal orientations on two dimensions of locus of control also had positive expectancies about their life situations in the United States and a higher degree of proficiency in their English interlanguage than their counterparts with external…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
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Toda, Takako – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
Studies the acquisition of timing control by Australians enrolled in first-year Japanese. Instrumental techniques are used to observe segment duration and pitch patterns in the speech production of learners and native speakers. Results indicate the learners can control timing, but their phonetic realization differs from that of native speakers.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English, Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries
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Kasper, Gabriele; Schmidt, Richard – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Profiles interlanguage pragmatics as an area of inquiry in second-language acquisition (SLA) research by reviewing existing studies with a focus on learning, examining research findings in interlanguage pragmatics shedding light on basic questions in SLA, exploring cognitive and social-psychological theories illuminating aspects of pragmatic…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cross Sectional Studies, Developmental Stages
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Dodigovic, Marina – Language Awareness, 2003
Based on the statistical regularity of certain error types, an interlanguage grammar could be devised and applied to develop an intelligent computer tool, capable not only of identifying the typical errors in L2 student writing, but also of making adequate corrections. The purpose of the corrections is to make the student aware of the language…
Descriptors: Assignments, Sentences, Research and Development, Metalinguistics
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Tseng, Yen-Chu; Liou, Hsien-Chin – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2006
Misuse of English conjunction related to incoherent writing, according to the literature, comes from learners' first language interference, improper mechanical exercises, and misleading lists of connectors in textbooks demonstrated as if mutually interchangeable without contextual constraints. Form-focused instruction with explicit semantic,…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Student Attitudes, Semantics, Form Classes (Languages)
Danhua, Wei – TEANGA: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Issues concerning the language of instruction used in teaching English to native speakers of Chinese, particularly adolescents, are discussed. The discussion draws on research in two areas: the role of language medium in the acquisition of concepts, and psycholinguistic differences between Chinese and English. It is concluded that while the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Chinese, Classroom Communication, Concept Formation
Ferroli, Lou; Shanahan, Timothy – 1992
A study investigated spelling error patterns in native Spanish-speaking students of English as a Second Language to determine the degree to which errors can be attributed to phonological patterns. Specifically, it examined (1) which spellings can be attributed to differences in voicedness of consonants, and (2) whether the voicedness can be used…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
Nikko, Tuija – 1991
A study of interlanguage comprehension, part of a larger project by the Gothenburg research group, investigated the telephone conversations between advanced learners and native speakers of Swedish. In four of the eight conversations, the non-native speakers called the public library to get information on how to borrow books; in the other four the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Inferences
Yuan, Boping – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1992
This paper reports on a pilot study examining how Chinese-speaking learners of English reset the non-empty topic [-Te] parameter. Whereas Chinese allows empty topics coindexed with variables in both subject and object positions, English does not. With respect to this particular parameter, Chinese can be said to form a superset of English as the…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Pickering, Michael – 1992
A case study investigated the emergence of language and language concepts in a bilingual child, a girl aged 16 months to 6 years, 7 months. Observations were made by the child's parents and relatives in the child's home where the mother spoke Finnish and the father English. The report summarizes developments in phonology, morphology, word-level…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Language, Concept Formation
Selinker, Larry – 1988
Six papers on interlanguage are presented. The first, "Language Transfer," experimentally tests Robert Lado's contrastive analysis principles on the transfer of language skills to second language acquisition. The second paper, called "Interlanguage," builds on this work in discussing the structured nature of interlanguage and…
Descriptors: Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
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