Lexical access, lexical diversity and speech fluency in first language attrition
Strani Jezici, 2022 Prolonged exposure to a second language changes how the first language (L1) is produced and processed, a phenomenon labelled as language attrition (Yilmaz & Schmid, 2018).
Sergei Gnitiev, Szilvia Bátyi
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Analysing Lexical Density and Lexical Diversity in University Students’ Written Discourse
Procedia, Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015 This study analyses both lexical density and lexical diversity in the written production of two groups of first year students at the Universitat de València at the beginning a nd end of one-semester teaching period. These results were compared with those obtained by a thir d group of students aiming at level C2.
Carmen Gregori-Signes
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The Effects of Task Type on Iranian EFL Learners’ Use of Lexical Diversity and Sophistication [PDF]
Applied Research on English Language, 2021 EFL learners’ ability to use advanced and varied vocabulary is a crucial issue in writing performance. This study aimed to investigate the effect of writing task type on lexical diversity and sophistication.
Ali Akbar Ansarin +2 more
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The Effect of Choice of Prompts on Syntactic Complexity, Grammatical Accuracy, and Lexical Diversity in L2 Argumentative Writing Essays [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2021 Previous research has shown the differential effects of task-related prompts on syntactic complexity, grammatical accuracy, and lexical diversity when L2 learners use writing prompts to produce a piece of writing. However, the extent to which the freedom
Rajab Esfandiari, Nilofar Sadeghian
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Lexical diversity in narrative discourse of children with specific language impairment [PDF]
Specijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija, 2017 Children with specific language impairment (SLI) exhibit significant difficulties in acquiring, processing and using new words. Analysis of spontaneous speech is a useful tool in assessing the development and use of the lexicon in children with SLI ...
Drljan Bojana, Vuković Mile
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Pre-emption with or without Pre-task Planning: A Probe into L2 Lexical Diversity [PDF]
Issues in Language Teaching, 2018 The current study, setting a two-fold goal, attempted to see whether the preemptive focus on form (FonF) under either planned or unplanned conditions could contribute to increasing lexical diversity in written narratives and, second, to find whether ...
Somayeh Hosseinzadeh +2 more
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Investigating Lexical Diversity of Children Narratives: A Case Study of L1 Speaking
Register Journal, 2020 Lexical diversity is one of the language tools to measure varied words or vocabulary produced by learners in a text both spoken and written. This research aims to investigate the lexical diversity of children narratives produced by children orally.
Famala Eka Sanhadi Rahayu +2 more
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Lexical access and lexical diversity in first language attrition [PDF]
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2014 This paper presents an investigation of lexical first language (L1) attrition, asking how a decrease in lexical accessibility manifests itself in long-term residents in a second language (L2) environment. We question the measures typically used in attrition studies (formal tasks and type–token ratios) and argue for an in-depth analysis of free spoken ...
Schmid, MS, Jarvis, S
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The Role of Literature-Based Activities and Emotional Intelligence in WhatsApp Assisted Writing of Iranian Engineering Students [PDF]
Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning, 2020 The aim of this study was fourfold: (1) to investigate the effect of literature-based activities on the accuracy of Iranian Engineering students’ writing (2) to examine the effect of literature-based activities on the accuracy of their WhatsApp assisted ...
Zhaleh Beheshti +2 more
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Psychology of Language and Communication, 2022 The current study aimed to investigate age-related differences in narrative abilities at the macrostructural and microstructural levels and to examine which microstructural aspects explain narrative macrostructure at ages six and eight.
Košutar Sara +2 more
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