Essays about: "Pia Järnefelt"

Found 2 essays containing the words Pia Järnefelt.

1. 1. Nog är ju viktigt : The role of modal particles nog and ju in responsibility attribution in L1 and L2 speakers

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Pia Järnefelt; [2019]
   Keywords : modal particles; linguistic cues; responsibility attribution; self-paced reading; L1 transfer; L2 acquisition; ju; nog;

   Abstract : The present study investigates whether advanced adult L2 speakers comprehend the subtle linguistic cues that modal particles entail and seek to find if modal particles affect them in their responsibility attribution. Two groups of advanced L2 speakers of Swedish were tested; one group of L1 German speakers and one group of L1 English speakers. READ MORE

3. 2. Examining transfer and prototypes in L1 Swedish learners of Spanish : The case of aspect: The simple present and the present progressive

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Pia Järnefelt; [2018]
   Keywords : prototype accounts; transfer account; aspect; L1 transfer; L1 Swedish; L2 Spanish; core non-core meanings; extended meanings; simple present; present progressive.;

   Abstract : This study is focused on the transfer accounts and the prototype accounts, and examines aspect through looking at L1 Swedish learners of Spanish who are at early stages of acquisition. The prototype accounts postulate that adult learners will acquire the most prototypical forms of a grammatical feature first, and then, as proficiency increases, less prototypical features, called extended meanings, will be acquired incrementally (Shirai & Andersen, 1995, Geeslin & Fafulas, 2012). READ MORE