NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Llama, Raquel; Cardoso, Walcir; Collins, Laura – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2010
Research in the field of third language acquisition has consistently identified two key factors which have an effect on the ways in which the two known languages may influence the acquisition of a third. These factors are language distance (typology) and language status (more specifically, second language, L2, or non-native language status). To…
Descriptors: Phonology, Word Lists, Spanish, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Izquierdo, Jesus; Collins, Laura – Modern Language Journal, 2008
English learners of French whose first language (L1) does not mark the perfective/imperfective distinction have shown verb semantic influence and an overall preference for perfective over imperfective in their use of second language (L2) tense-aspect markers. This study investigated whether learners whose L1 marks the perfective/imperfective…
Descriptors: Semantics, Verbs, Syntax, Second Language Learning