Patti Spinner
Biographic Data
| ID | 1692550 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patti Spinner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patti |
| FAMILY NAME | Spinner |
| SIGNATURE | SPINNER P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Grammaticality Judgements in Second‐Language Research
Grammaticality judgements are decisions about the well‐formedness of linguistic structures, typically sentences. Although somewhat controversial because of their perceived unnaturalness, judgement tasks continue to be an important part of second‐language research. They are useful for examining performance with structures that can be difficult to elicit in speech or writing, and they are relatively easy to design and analyze. There are a number of…
Gender assignment errors in adult L2 Spanish
Recent research suggests that second language learners’ difficulty with gender marking is largely a lexical problem (e.g., Alarcón. 2011. Spanish gender agreement under complete and incomplete acquisition: Early and late bilinguals’ linguistic behavior within the noun phrase. Bilingualism 14(3). 332–350; Grüter et al. 2012. Grammatical gender in L2: A production or a real-time processing problem? Second Language Research 28(2). 191–215; Hopp. 201…
A methodological synthesis and meta-analysis of judgment tasks in second language research
Judgment tasks (JTs, often called acceptability or grammaticality judgment tasks) are found extensively throughout the history of second language (L2) research. Data from such instruments have been used to investigate a range of hypotheses and phenomena, from generativist theories to instructional effectiveness. Though popular and convenient, JTs have engendered considerable controversy, with concerns often centered on their construct validity in…
Gender and number processing in second language Swahili
For native speakers, congruent gender marking on determiners and adjectives facilitates recognition of subsequent nouns, while incongruent marking inhibits recognition (e.g., Bates et al., 1996 ). However, there is conflicting evidence regarding whether second language learners demonstrate this effect. We investigated this issue in Swahili. Native speakers and English-speaking L2 learners of Swahili in their 3rd-5th semester completed two word re…
Second language acquisition and linguistics
We argue for a bidirectional relationship between second language research and linguistic theories. It is our belief that SLA research should look to linguistics for concepts and models that provide a basis upon which to make hypotheses, conduct data analysis, and draw conclusions, and we also believe that linguistic theorists can develop and improve their understanding of linguistic concepts and models by examining the results from SLA studies. …
Korean EFL Learners’ Indefinite Article Use with Four Types of Abstract Nouns
The study investigates Korean-speaking EFL learners’ article use with four different categories of abstract nouns. The categories, which are based on boundedness and countability, are state nouns, continuous-action nouns, non-continuous action nouns, and bounded independent nouns. Fifty Korean intermediate-level learners of English participated in a forced choice task in which they chose an indefinite article (a/n) or null article with these noun…
The second language acquisition of number and gender in Swahili
Much of the recent discussion surrounding the second language acquisition of morphology has centered on the question of whether learners can acquire new formal features. Lardiere's (2008, 2009) Feature Reassembly approach offers a new direction for research in this area by emphasizing the challenges presented by crosslinguistic differences in the overt expression of formal features. In this study, I examine the acquisition of number and gender in…
Language Production and Reception
Pienemann's Processability Theory (PT) predicts an order of emergence of morphosyntactic elements in second language (L2) production data. This research investigates whether the same order of emergence can be detected in L2 reception data, specifically, data from a timed audio grammaticality judgment task (GJT). The results from three related studies are reported. Overall, evidence from two groups of learners of English as an L2 who took an audio…
A methodological synthesis and meta-analysis of judgment tasks in second language research
Judgment tasks (JTs, often called acceptability or grammaticality judgment tasks) are found extensively throughout the history of second language (L2) research. Data from such instruments have been used to investigate a range of hypotheses and phenomena, from generativist theories to instructional effectiveness. Though popular and convenient, JTs have engendered considerable controversy, with concerns often centered on their construct validity in…
The second language acquisition of number and gender in Swahili
Much of the recent discussion surrounding the second language acquisition of morphology has centered on the question of whether learners can acquire new formal features. Lardiere's (2008, 2009) Feature Reassembly approach offers a new direction for research in this area by emphasizing the challenges presented by crosslinguistic differences in the overt expression of formal features. In this study, I examine the acquisition of number and gender in…
Korean EFL Learners’ Indefinite Article Use with Four Types of Abstract Nouns
The study investigates Korean-speaking EFL learners’ article use with four different categories of abstract nouns. The categories, which are based on boundedness and countability, are state nouns, continuous-action nouns, non-continuous action nouns, and bounded independent nouns. Fifty Korean intermediate-level learners of English participated in a forced choice task in which they chose an indefinite article (a/n) or null article with these noun…
The second language acquisition of number and gender in Swahili
Much of the recent discussion surrounding the second language acquisition of morphology has centered on the question of whether learners can acquire new formal features. Lardiere's (2008, 2009) Feature Reassembly approach offers a new direction for research in this area by emphasizing the challenges presented by crosslinguistic differences in the overt expression of formal features. In this study, I examine the acquisition of number and gender in…
Language Production and Reception
Pienemann's Processability Theory (PT) predicts an order of emergence of morphosyntactic elements in second language (L2) production data. This research investigates whether the same order of emergence can be detected in L2 reception data, specifically, data from a timed audio grammaticality judgment task (GJT). The results from three related studies are reported. Overall, evidence from two groups of learners of English as an L2 who took an audio…
Second language acquisition and linguistics
We argue for a bidirectional relationship between second language research and linguistic theories. It is our belief that SLA research should look to linguistics for concepts and models that provide a basis upon which to make hypotheses, conduct data analysis, and draw conclusions, and we also believe that linguistic theorists can develop and improve their understanding of linguistic concepts and models by examining the results from SLA studies. …
Gender and number processing in second language Swahili
For native speakers, congruent gender marking on determiners and adjectives facilitates recognition of subsequent nouns, while incongruent marking inhibits recognition (e.g., Bates et al., 1996 ). However, there is conflicting evidence regarding whether second language learners demonstrate this effect. We investigated this issue in Swahili. Native speakers and English-speaking L2 learners of Swahili in their 3rd-5th semester completed two word re…
A methodological synthesis and meta-analysis of judgment tasks in second language research
Judgment tasks (JTs, often called acceptability or grammaticality judgment tasks) are found extensively throughout the history of second language (L2) research. Data from such instruments have been used to investigate a range of hypotheses and phenomena, from generativist theories to instructional effectiveness. Though popular and convenient, JTs have engendered considerable controversy, with concerns often centered on their construct validity in…
Grammaticality Judgements in Second‐Language Research
Grammaticality judgements are decisions about the well‐formedness of linguistic structures, typically sentences. Although somewhat controversial because of their perceived unnaturalness, judgement tasks continue to be an important part of second‐language research. They are useful for examining performance with structures that can be difficult to elicit in speech or writing, and they are relatively easy to design and analyze. There are a number of…
Gender assignment errors in adult L2 Spanish
Recent research suggests that second language learners’ difficulty with gender marking is largely a lexical problem (e.g., Alarcón. 2011. Spanish gender agreement under complete and incomplete acquisition: Early and late bilinguals’ linguistic behavior within the noun phrase. Bilingualism 14(3). 332–350; Grüter et al. 2012. Grammatical gender in L2: A production or a real-time processing problem? Second Language Research 28(2). 191–215; Hopp. 201…
Linguistics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Noun (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Grammaticality (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Grammar (2 works) · Grammatical Gender (2 works)