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Direct linkVitevitch, Michael S.; Stamer, Melissa K.; Kieweg, Douglas – Second Language Research, 2012
A number of resources provide psycholinguistic researchers with information about the words that the typical child or adult knows in a variety of languages. What is currently not available is a resource that provides information about the words that a typical adult learning a foreign language knows. We created such a resource for Spanish: The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Adult Learning, Vocabulary Development, Spanish
Ionin, Tania; Baek, Soondo; Kim, Eunah; Ko, Heejeong; Wexler, Kenneth – Second Language Research, 2012
This article investigates how adult Korean-speaking learners of English interpret English definite descriptions ("the book," "the books") and demonstrative descriptions ("that book," "those books"). Korean lacks articles, but has demonstratives, and it is hypothesized that transfer leads learners to (initially) equate definites with…
Descriptors: Semantics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Korean
Eckman, Fred R. – Second Language Research, 2011
This review article evaluates the intersection of the content of two recent anthologies in second language (L2) phonology. One of the books lays out both the methodological context and theoretical underpinnings of the field, whereas the other volume reports 11 empirical studies on the L2 acquisition of several aspects of pronunciation by adult…
Descriptors: Phonology, Interlanguage, Anthologies, English (Second Language)
Clahsen, Harald; Martzoukou, Maria; Stavrakaki, Stavroula – Second Language Research, 2010
This study reports results from four experiments investigating the perfective past tense of Greek in adult second language (L2) learners. The data come from L2 learners of Greek with intermediate to advanced L2 proficiency and different native language (L1) backgrounds, and L1 speakers of Greek. All participants were tested in both oral and…
Descriptors: Verbs, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Greek
Chen, Marina Yueh-Ching – Second Language Research, 2005
This study of "consider" and "find" attempts to shed light on second language acquisition of English small clause complements, as in "we consider [Mary intelligent"] and "we find [Mary interesting"]. It examines how learners' First language (Mandarin Chinese) interacts with the target language. The analysis is based on the results of two kinds of…
Descriptors: Sentences, Mandarin Chinese, Language Acquisition, Adult Students
Liszka, Sarah A. – Second Language Research, 2004
Explaining the persistent optional use of overt forms of certain grammatical properties in adult second language acquisition (SLA) raises the question of whether or not such difficulties are directly attributable to first language (L1) influence. Using Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theoretic framework (1986/95), this paper considers how a…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Languages, Grammar, Pragmatics
