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Safak, Duygu Fatma; Hopp, Holger – Second Language Research, 2022
To pinpoint difficulties in the second language (L2) processing of temporarily ambiguous sentences, this study investigates first language (L1) effects and effects of verb bias, i.e. frequency information about preferential verb complements, on semantic persistence effects in L2 sentence comprehension. We tested 32 L1 German and 32 L1 Turkish…
Descriptors: Verbs, Semantics, Second Language Learning, Language Processing
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Rinker, Tanja; Budde-Spengler, Nora; Sachse, Steffi – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
Lexical development in first language (L1) Turkish and second language (L2) German in two- to three-year-old children was examined, using parental vocabulary checklists in Turkish and in German. Children showed strong Turkish dominance in the number of lexical items they produced, which was due to the more frequent exposure to Turkish and higher…
Descriptors: Correlation, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Skills
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Daller, Michael H.; Treffers-Daller, Jeanine; Furman, Reyhan – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2011
In the present article we provide evidence for the occurrence of transfer of conceptualization patterns in narratives of two German-Turkish bilingual groups. All bilingual participants grew up in Germany, but only one group is still resident in Germany (n = 49). The other, the returnees, moved back to Turkey after having lived in Germany for…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Form Classes (Languages), Motion, Foreign Countries