Learners' Hypotheses for the Acquisition of Lexis.

Giacobbe, Jorge; Cammarota, Marie-Ange

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Publication Date: 1986

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Learners' Hypotheses for the Acquisition of Lexis.

Giacobbe, Jorge; Cammarota, Marie-Ange

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v8 n3 p327-42 Oct 1986

The relationship between the source language (Spanish) and the target language (French) in the construction of lexis during target language acquisition was examined in two case studies, leading to the hypothesis that there are both systematic and nonsystematic approaches to the construction of lexis used by Hispanophones learning French. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, French, Interlanguage, Latin Americans, Lexicology, Refugees, Second Language Learning, Spanish Speaking, Suprasegmentals, Vocabulary Development

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Identifiers - Location: France

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