Lexical learning in second language acquisition

Optionality in the numeration

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11655715
AutoresShigenori Wakabayashi (0000-0001-5222-0724, Chuo University, Japan, -u.ac.jp, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen25
Número2
Páginas335-341
Fecha de publicación2009-03-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSecond language Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0267658308100293
OpenAlexW2082559014
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas10

Lardiere suggests that second language acquisition (SLA) researchers should pay more attention to the distribution of a given feature in source and target languages, using the distribution of [plural] in English, Chinese and Korean to illustrate. I argue that the distribution of [definite] in English shows a similar complexity, and that this has largely been ignored in existing second language studies. I propose that it is distributional complexity of this kind that underlies the gradual development and variability observed in second language (L2) performance. A four-stage model is outlined, attributing gradual development/variability (partly) to optionality in the numeration

Comprehension approach · Distribution (mathematics · Feature (linguistics · Language acquisition · Lexical Diversity · Linguistics · Natural language · Plural · Second-language acquisition · Vocabulary · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Artificial Intelligence