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The English spaced compound word database. [PDF]

open access: yesBehav Res Methods
Riedmann CM   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Similar Semantic Category Distributions but Distinct Noun Choices in Nonacademic Second Language Writing of Graduate Students With Different Disciplinary Backgrounds: A Natural Language Processing‐Based Analysis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The disciplinary background of second language (L2) writers can shape their writing style, including their lexical choices. This study examines lexical differences in nonacademic argumentative essays on the same topic by L2‐English graduate students with humanities‐related or science‐related majors.
Haerim Hwang, Hyunwoo Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring English Language Learners’ Vocabulary Knowledge and Usage When Speaking

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vocabulary forms a fundamental component of speaking ability, as it enables speakers to convey meaning accurately, fluently, and effectively. Although the relationship between vocabulary and speaking has been investigated to some extent, gaps remain in understanding the link between learners’ vocabulary knowledge and their speaking proficiency,
Junyan Guo, Martin East
wiley   +1 more source

Take an Introductory Linguistics Course; It May Increase Your Language Learning Ability

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can general linguistics knowledge be used to better learn a new language? This exploratory study is concerned with the potential advantageous transfer of general linguistics knowledge to the learning of a new, additional foreign language.
Kiyono Fujinaga‐Gordon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Task Complexity Effects on Writing Processes and Correlations With Text Features

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on task complexity (TC) effects on second language (L2) text features is abundant and has contributed critical insights. Comparatively, less is known about how L2 writers respond cognitively to diverse TC conditions or about potential effects of such processing activity on the characteristics of the texts produced.
Aitor Garcés‐Manzanera   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Situating Genre in Task‐Informed Second Language Writing Research

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper, a review of task‐informed second language writing research examining the effect(s) of various genres—in particular argumentative genres—on the linguistic complexity of written L2 performance, traces the treatment of genre in such studies.
Mark D. Johnson
wiley   +1 more source

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