An affix acquisition order for EFL learners: an exploratory study
| Autor: | Masamichi Mochizuki, Kazumi Aizawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Order of acquisition
Linguistics and Language Vocabulary business.industry Computer science media_common.quotation_subject Affix Exploratory research computer.software_genre Language and Linguistics Linguistics Vocabulary development Education Order (business) Reading (process) L2 learners Artificial intelligence business computer Natural language processing media_common |
| Zdroj: | System. 28:291-304 |
| ISSN: | 0346-251X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0346-251x(00)00013-0 |
| Popis: | Affix knowledge plays an important part in reading and vocabulary development. L1 studies show that learners increase their affix knowledge incrementally through fourth grade to high school. However, little is known as to how L2 affix knowledge develops. This study investigates the relationship between L2 learners' vocabulary size and their affix knowledge and attempts to find out the order of affix acquisition. The results show that L2 learners' affix knowledge correlated with their vocabulary size and that affixes could be ranked in terms of accuracy order. Five factors might be responsible for the order: loan words, instruction, frequency of affixes, frequency of words that contain a particular affix, and the polyfunctional nature of affixes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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