Essays about: "Lexical influence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words Lexical influence.

1. 1. Relevant Dutch Lexical Influence in Contemporary Modern Japanese

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för japanska och kinesiska; Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Willem Koen; [2024]
   Keywords : Japanese Language; Dutch-Japanese; Dutch Lexical influence; Loanwords; Lexical exchange; Lexical influence; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : During the Edo Period of Japanese history, many loanwords entered the Japanese language through communication with the Dutch. Now, 164 years after the last significant linguistic exchange took place between the Dutch and the Japanese, it is interesting to see what lexical influence still exists in contemporary modern Japanese and which loanwords have fallen out of use. READ MORE

3. 2. COLLOCATION COMPETENCY AMONG IRANIAN STUDENTS IN SWEDEN

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Kazhal Shatery; [2023-10-03]
   Keywords : English; positive lexical transfer; negative lexical transfer; lexical collocations; English language proficiency; collocation competency;

   Abstract : In the current study, a quantitative approach was taken to explore the impact of the first language on the transfer of lexical collocations, highlighting both positive and negative transfer effects. It explored the correlation between English language proficiency and collocation competency, along with the influence of gender on collocation competency. READ MORE

4. 3. WHO’S AFRAID OF COMPLEXITY? An Exploration of the Influence of Native Language Complexity on L2 Complexity

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

   Author : Nadina Mariana Suditu; [2023-06-19]
   Keywords : complexity; SLA; TTR; entropy; kolmogorov; linear regression;

   Abstract : The matter of linguistic complexity has been widely scrutinised in the last few decades, within theoretical linguistics, as well as in second language acquisition studies. A concept introduced in the last half of the previous century, it continues to be a matter of debate in the linguistic field, as it eludes a clear-cut definition and interpretation. READ MORE

5. 4. Trilingual spoken word recognition : Interlingual competition from one or two non-target languages in a sentence context

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Yulia Kashevarova; [2023]
   Keywords : trilingual speech processing; cross-linguistic competition; sentence context; BLINCS; BIA ;

   Abstract : Persistent non-target language co-activation in spoken and visual language comprehension has been found both at the word-level and at the level of a sentence, although in the latter case, sentence bias has been observed to modulate the co-activation which can create lexical competition. In the case of trilingual speakers, both non-target languages may potentially compete with the third language (L3). READ MORE

6. 5. The cross-linguistic influence on L2 learners' ability to use morphosyntactic cues predictively. : A psycholinguistic study on German grammatical gender acquisition by Greek native speakers.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Mavra Mylona; [2023]
   Keywords : Grammatical gender; Prediction; Second Language Acquisition; Gender Assignment; Picture Selection;

   Abstract : German and Greek are both Indo-European languages that realize grammatical gender and indeed they have similar grammatical gender systems, they both realize three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter). They pose some similarities concerning gender agreement as well. However, the lexical gender between these two languages differs a lot. READ MORE