How experience with tone in the native language affects the L2 acquisition of pitch accents. [PDF]
Zahner-Ritter K +3 more
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L1 variation and L2 acquisition: L1 German /eː/-/ɛː/ overlap and its effect on the acquisition of L2 English /ɛ/-/æ/. [PDF]
Schlechtweg M, Peters J, Frank M.
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The acquisition of the quantitative pronoun by English and French learners of L2 Dutch: An experimental study based on an elicited imitation task [PDF]
It has been argued that an elicited imitation task gives better insights into the L1 acquisition of the Dutch quantitative pronoun er than a picture elicitation task.
Petra Sleeman and Sanne Berends
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The quantitative evaluation of subjective satisfaction with digital media in L2 acquisition in younger adults: A study from Europe, Asia, and Latin America. [PDF]
Pikhart M +4 more
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L2 Acquisition of a Complex Stress Pattern: UG-Constrained Learning Paths in Khalkha Mongolian. [PDF]
Özçelik Ö.
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This chapter examines the two domains of Space and Time in Adult Second Language Acquisition. It compares how English-speaking learners of French L2 and native speakers of French and English mark boundaries and simultaneity in controlled situation where they had to describe motion events. The results show crosslinguistic differences in the discourse of
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The present study provides a formal account for three types of experimental findings recurrently reported in the literature, yet not integrated into current L2 speech theories, namely individual variability, syllable-position effects and orthographic ...
Chao Zhou, Silke Hamann
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Dutch and Spanish are distinguishable from each other based solely on rhythmic cues (Ramus, Dupoux & Mehler, 2003) due to typological contrasts between both languages: Dutch has relatively complex syllable structure and uses extensive final (FL) and accentual lengthening (AL), while Spanish has less complex syllable structure and uses less FL and ...
van Maastricht, Lieke +2 more
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The vulnerability of gender on determiners in L1, 2L1 and L2 acquisition
The acquisition of gender has been reported to be problematic for some groups of learners acquiring Germanic or Romance languages. It has been shown that L1 learners do better in gender acquisition than others, like bilingual children, child L2 learners ...
Elisabeth van der Linden, Aafke Hulk
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Fostering phonetic input in the classroom.
The quality and quantity of phonetic input are considered the main factors in L2 sound acquisition (cf. Flege 1995; Flege/Bohn 2021; Kuhl 2011). Over the years, many empirical studies have supported the statement that for accurate perception and ...
Thaiza Barros, Sandra Madureira
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