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ERIC Number: EJ1336142
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 39
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ISSN: ISSN-2630-0672
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Control before Raising in Thai EFL Grammar
Teeranate, Kittirit; Singhapreecha, Pornsiri
LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, v15 n1 p588-626 Jan-Jun 2022
This study investigated the acquisition of English "control" and "raising" ("over Experiencer") constructions with three groups of Thai EFL learners (lower intermediate, intermediate, and advanced). Thai and English, with respect to "control," commonly have PRO and infinitive markers, but Thai does not exhibit (subject-to-subject) "raising," unlike English. Our hypotheses were based on L1/L2 similarities, access to UG, and previous studies. We hypothesized that Thai learners' performance on "raising" would be above chance, based on UG availability and potentials for the learning of English "raising" suggested in Witoon (2012). In addition, based on L1/L2 similarities and Yoshimura et al.'s (2016) findings, Thai learners' performance on "control" would be more accurate than "raising." Grammaticality judgment/comprehension trials were employed; results were obtained by ANOVAs. The first hypothesis was confirmed by the intermediate and advanced groups. Tests on the second hypothesis revealed a confirmation; there were ceiling performances across groups on control and a development pattern on "raising." The study's findings suggest facilitation of L1/L2 similarities and restrictions on UG access. Particularly, L2 learners can access linking between PRO and arguments more readily than raising of arguments, suggesting UG access is restricted by marked properties of L2 structures, such as English "raising over Experiencer."
Language Institute of Thammasat University. The Prachan Campus, 2 Prachan Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand. e-mail: learnjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/learn
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Thailand (Bangkok)
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