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Form-Meaning Mapping in Vocabulary Acquisition in a Second Language.
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Jiang, Nan – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2002
Examines the proposition that second language (L2) lexical forms are often mapped to the existing semantic content of their first language translations rather than to new semantic specifications of their own. Native and Nonnative English speakers were asked to perform two semantic judgment tasks in which they had to determine the degree of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Research, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning
Semantic Transfer and Its Implications for Vocabulary Teaching in a Second Language
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Jiang, Nan – Modern Language Journal, 2004
This study investigated semantic transfer in second language (L2) learning and provided a replication of the author's study (Jiang, 2002) in a different English as a Second Language (ESL) population. Korean ESL speakers were asked to perform a semantic judgment task in which they decided whether or not 2 English words were related in meaning. Two…
Descriptors: Semantics, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Transfer of Training