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Gámez, Perla B.; Vasilyeva, Marina – Language Learning and Development, 2020
This study investigated cross-linguistic priming in six-year-old, balanced Spanish-English bilinguals (n = 60). We examined bilinguals' production of transitive forms in English (active, passive) after exposure to Spanish transitives (Study 1; M age = 6.2 years; SD = 0.3) and their production of transitive forms in Spanish (active, passive) after…
Descriptors: Syntax, Verbs, Contrastive Linguistics, Spanish
Wood, Carla; Schatschneider, Christopher – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: This study examines the response patterns of 278 Spanish-English dual language learners (DLLs) on a standardized test of receptive English vocabulary. Method: Investigators analyzed responses to 131 items on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test--Fourth Edition (Dunn & Dunn, 2007) focusing on differential accuracy on items influenced by…
Descriptors: Spanish, English, Receptive Language, Vocabulary
Lam, Boji P. W.; Sheng, Li – English Language Teaching, 2020
Significant variation exists in how native speakers respond to word association tasks and challenges the usage of nativelikeness as a benchmark to gauge second language (L2) performance. However, the influence of word class and trials of elicitation is not sufficiently addressed in previous work. With controlled stimuli from multiple word classes,…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Native Speakers, Associative Learning, Task Analysis
Unsworth, Sharon – Journal of Child Language, 2016
This paper explores whether there is evidence for age and/or input effects in child L2 acquisition across three different linguistic domains, namely morphosyntax, vocabulary, and syntax-semantics. More specifically, it compares data from English-speaking children whose age of onset to L2 Dutch was between one and three years with data from…
Descriptors: Child Language, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Age
Qiu, Chen; Winsler, Adam – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
Via naturalistic observations, parent interview, and direct assessments, we examined language proficiency, language use, and differentiation of a 3-year, 4-month-old bilingual child exposed to Mandarin and English via the "one parent-one language" principle. Although noun versus verb dominance has been explored across verb-based…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Child Rearing, Bilingualism, Parent Child Relationship
Rubinstein, Aynat – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation explores the interplay of grammar and context in the interpretation of modal words like "ought," "necessary," and "need." The empirical foci of the discussion are patterns in the use of strong and weak necessity modals in conversation, and the interpretation of syntactically and semantically…
Descriptors: Grammar, Context Effect, Interpersonal Communication, Vocabulary
Chan, Cheri C. Y.; Tardif, Twila; Chen, Jie; Pulverman, Rachel B.; Zhu, Liqi; Meng, Xiangzhi – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Research based on naturalistic and checklist methods has revealed differences between English and Chinese monolingual children in their trajectories of learning nouns and verbs. However, studies based on controlled laboratory designs (e.g., Imai et al., 2008) have yielded a more mixed picture. Guided by a multidimensional view of word learning (in…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Nouns, Infants, Monolingualism
Deroey, Katrien L. B.; Taverniers, Miriam – English for Specific Purposes, 2012
This paper presents a comprehensive overview of lexicogrammatical devices which highlight important or relevant points in lectures. Despite the established usefulness of discourse organizational cues for lecture comprehension and note-taking, very little is known about the marking of relevance in this genre. The current overview of…
Descriptors: Cues, Language Research, Educational Research, Textbooks
Ardila, Alfredo; Ramos, Eliane; Barrocas, Robert – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
Stuttering patterns may differ when comparing two languages. In bilinguals, specific patterns of stuttering in each one of the languages may potentially be found. This study reports on the case of a 27-year-old Spanish/English simultaneous bilingual whose dominant language is English. Speech and language testing was performed in both languages…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Speech, Stuttering, Language Tests
Lucas, Rochelle Irene G.; Bernardo, Allan B. I. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2008
Researchers have suggested that there is a noun bias in children's early vocabularies brought about by features of adults' child-directed utterances, which may vary across languages (E. V. Bates et al., 1994; D. Gentner, 1982). In the present study, the authors explored noun bias in 60 Filipino-English bilingual children whose 2 languages differed…
Descriptors: Nouns, Vocabulary, Caregivers, Vocabulary Development

Williams, Edwin B. – Babel: International Journal of Translation, 1975
Discusses the problem of dictionaries' treatment of phrasal verbs and their companions, verbs plus prepositions. (AM)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Dictionaries, English, Lexicography

Tai, James H-Y.; Chou, Jane Yang – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1975
The purpose of this article is to show that "sha" and "sha-si" are not identical and that there is no perfect correspondence between either word in Chinese and "to kill" in English. It is suggested that the closest Chinese equivalent is "nong-si." (Author/RM)
Descriptors: English, Lexicology, Mandarin Chinese, Semantics
Knoeferle, Pia; Crocker, Matthew W. – Cognitive Science, 2006
Two studies investigated the interaction between utterance and scene processing by monitoring eye movements in agent-action-patient events, while participants listened to related utterances. The aim of Experiment 1 was to determine if and when depicted events are used for thematic role assignment and structural disambiguation of temporarily…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Interaction, Eye Movements, Vocabulary

Sadler, J. D. – Classical Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Adjectives, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Latin

Roldan, Mercedes – Hispania, 1974
Descriptors: English, Grammar, Language Research, Semantics