Essays about: "Predicative Agreement"

Found 2 essays containing the words Predicative Agreement.

1. 1. Can elicited imitation be used to measure grammatical development : a cross-sectional study of L2 Swedish within the framework of the Processability Theory

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Karin Rasmusson; [2016]
   Keywords : second language acquisition; free production; processability theory; elicited imitation test; Swedish as a second language; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Abstract The aim of the thesis was to examine whether or not the elicited imitation test can be used as a valid tool for measuring developmental sequences of grammatical structures in the production of L2 Swedish derived from the Processability Theory (PT, Pienemann, 1998). The thesis aimed to answer the following questions: Will the participants follow the predicted implicational pattern of the developmental stages of PT in both the elicited data and the free production data? If they do not, are there any differences between the participants’ results of the elicited data and the free production data? Are there any participants who can process a later stage without a prerequisite stage in the two sets of data? The elicited data was collected by recording nine L2-learners of Swedish imitating 29 model sentences pre-recorded by an L1-speaker of Swedish. READ MORE

3. 2. Processing the L2 comprehension process: Testing Processability Theory’s predictions in an ERP study of adult learners of L2 Swedish

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Ariane Senécal; [2011]
   Keywords : Predicative Agreement; Attributive Agreement; Processability Theory; Second Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Event-Related Potentials; Swedish as a Second Language; Linguistics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This small-scale experiment was a first attempt at testing the theoretical framework of Processability Theory (PT), a well-established theory of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), against data from online brain imaging technology (Electroencephalography – EEG). Event Related Potentials (ERPs) were extracted for 15 advanced beginners/intermediate-level learners of Swedish who were presented with grammatical and ungrammatical sentences, each containing one of two grammatical forms evaluated in PT as belonging to two different stages of acquisition (attributive number agreement vs. READ MORE