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Constructing a second language: some final thoughts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
All the papers in this special section address issues central to cognitive linguistics research: usage-based models with their focus on frequency; multi-word units and the relationship between lexical and grammatical knowledge; and the nature of lexical ...
Ewa Dąbrowska   +1 more
core   +1 more source

AI Chatbot as a Revision Aid in Second Language Writing: From Error Correction to Lexical Sophistication

open access: yesJournal of Computer Assisted Learning, Volume 42, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The use of recent artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, such as chat generative pretrained transformer (ChatGPT), in second language (L2) writing may face criticism for potentially promoting plagiarism and raising ethical concerns.
Yuah V. Chon, Dongkwang Shin
wiley   +1 more source

Learners’ Choices in the Use of the Perfect Aspect: Grammatical Error or Different Perspectivization?

open access: yesVisitas al Patio
The objective of this work is to examine the extent to which learners -whose L1 is the Rioplatense variety of Spanish- learning English as an L2 at B1 level of language proficiency (CEFR) are able to use the perfect aspect appropriately to convey its ...
María Luciani, Carla Lauría
doaj   +1 more source

L’expression du déplacement en italien et français L2 : influence translinguistique vs tendances communes

open access: yesDiscours, 2020
This paper presents a cross-sectional study of the expression of motion events in oral narrative discourse produced by second language (L2) learners of Italian and French, whose first language (L1) is either typologically close (Italian or French) or ...
Simona Anastasio, Sandra Benazzo
doaj   +1 more source

The acquisition of the English dative alternation by Russian foreign language learners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Ditransitive verbs include a “recipient” and a “theme” argument (in addition to the subject). The choice of putting one argument before the other (i.e., either recipient-theme, or theme-recipient) is associated with multiple discourse-pragmatic factors ...
Baten, Kristof   +2 more
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Eye Movements, Item Modality, and Multimodal Second Language Vocabulary Learning: Processing and Outcomes

open access: yesLanguage Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 528-564, June 2026.
Abstract This study examined second language vocabulary processing and learning in reading only (RO) versus reading while listening (RWL). 119 English learners read or read‐while‐listening to a story embedded with 25 pseudowords, 10 times each, and had their eye movements tracked.
Jonathan Malone   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reseptiivinen monikielisyys: miten suomenkielinen oppija ymmärtää viroa äidinkielensä pohjalta?

open access: yesLähivõrdlusi, 2010
The Council of Europe language policy recommends that all European citizens learn at least two foreign languages. If this is put to practice, the methods of endorsing learning and the required profi ciency need to be discussed.
Pirkko Muikku-Werner   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phonetic drift [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This chapter provides an overview of research on the phonetic changes that occur in one’s native language (L1) due to recent experience in another language (L2), a phenomenon known as phonetic drift.
Chang, Charles B.
core  

A framework for crosslinguistic nonword repetition tests: Effects of bilingualism and socioeconomic status on children’s performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose: As a recognised indicator of language impairment, nonword repetition has unique potential for distinguishing language impairment from difficulties due to limited experience and knowledge of a language. This study focused on a new Crosslinguistic
Balladeres J.   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

Children's Foreign Word Recognition at First Exposure: The Role of Phonological Similarity and Utterance Position

open access: yesLanguage Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 565-596, June 2026.
Abstract The current study examined how children apply their phonological knowledge to recognize translation equivalents in a foreign language. Target words for recognition were either phonologically similar (cognate) or dissimilar (noncognate) to words they already knew in their first language.
Katie Von Holzen, Rochelle S. Newman
wiley   +1 more source

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