673 research outputs found
Pink Noise in Language Production: A Nonlinear Approach to the Multilingual Lexicon
Full text linkAuthors: Wander Lowie et al Article URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10407413.2014.929479?ai=2h0&mi=3h6t64&af=R Citation: Vol 26 No. 3 (2014) pp 216 228 Publication Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:37:34 GM
Réponse à Wander Lowie : L’émergentisme, la recherche sur l’acquisition des langues et la didactique des langues étrangères
No full textThe discussion of the paper of Wander Lowie presented in this contribution attempts to situate the Complex Dynamic System Theory claimed by Lowie, within the schools and theories which structure the field of Second Language Acquisition Research. The paper examines briefly some of the controversies within SLA research between cognitive and neuronal theories of language acquisition and theories focused on L2 acquisition as socialization.The paper also examines the way in which emergentist theories may contribute to the theories and practices of Language Didactics
Exploring a second language: the discovery of morphological productivity
No full textA dynamic approach to the acquisition of morphologically complex words assumes that, initially, all words are interpreted holistically. At later stages of acquisition, increasingly more words are analyzed and morphological regularities are discovered. When productivity is defined as the chance that a newly formed word is produced on the basis of a particular affix (Baayen and Lieber 1991), discovering morphological regularity can be interpreted as discovering productivity. This study finds evidence that contradicts an earlier study (Lowie 2000) which suggested that morphological productivity starts playing a role only at the most advanced levels of acquisition. The current study used response latencies to test productivity cross-sectionally by comparing English native speaker response rates to those of Dutch learners of English at different levels of proficiency. Using this paradigm, productivity was evident from the earliest stages of acquisition and, at advanced levels, awareness was found even of the productivity of marginally productive affixes.</p
A case study of lexical development of writing and speaking in identical twins
Full text linkPour citer cet article : Chan, Hui-Ping, Wander Lowie & Kees de Bot. 2014. A case study of lexical development of writing and speaking in identical twins. Actes des 16èmes Rencontres Jeunes Chercheurs en Sciences du Langage : Modèles et modélisation dans les sciences du langage (RJC 2013), 54-65. http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00964930International audienceThis study investigates the lexical performances of two beginner learners of English in writing and speaking tasks. Based on theoretical models of writing and speaking, we find major similarities and differences between writing and speaking. We analyzed 100 writing and 100 speaking samples of two identical twins with respect to two lexical dimensions: lexical diversity and lexical difficulty. The results show a higher degree of lexical diversity in writing than in speaking. However, dynamic correlations of the two lexical dimensions in writing and speaking do not show the same tendencies amongst the identical twins.Cette étude analyse les compétences linguistiques de deux élèves débutants en anglais, à l'écrit comme à l'oral. En se basant sur les modèles théoriques de la langue, nous avons trouvé des différences ainsi que des similitudes entre l'écrit et l'oral. Nous avons étudié cent épisodes parlés et écrits de deux jumeaux sous deux aspects: la diversité et la complexité lexicales. Les résultats ont démontré une plus grande diversité lexicale à l'écrit qu'à l'oral. Cependant, les corrélations dynamiques de ces deux dimensions lexicales entre l'écrit et l'oral ne sont pas les mêmes chez les jumeaux
Exploring a second language - The discovery of morphological productivity
No full textA dynamic approach to the acquisition of morphologically complex words assumes that, initially, all words are interpreted holistically. At later stages of acquisition, increasingly more words are analyzed and morphological regularities are discovered. When productivity is defined as the chance that a newly formed word is produced on the basis of a particular affix (Baayen and Lieber 1991), discovering morphological regularity can be interpreted as discovering productivity. This study finds evidence that contradicts an earlier study (Lowie 2000) which suggested that morphological productivity starts playing a role only at the most advanced levels of acquisition. The current study used response latencies to test productivity cross-sectionally by comparing English native speaker response rates to those of Dutch learners of English at different levels of proficiency. Using this paradigm, productivity was evident from the earliest stages of acquisition and, at advanced levels, awareness was found even of the productivity of marginally productive affixes.</p
A case study of lexical development of writing and speaking in identical twins
No full textPour citer cet article : Chan, Hui-Ping, Wander Lowie & Kees de Bot. 2014. A case study of lexical development of writing and speaking in identical twins. Actes des 16èmes Rencontres Jeunes Chercheurs en Sciences du Langage : Modèles et modélisation dans les sciences du langage (RJC 2013), 54-65. http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00964930International audienceThis study investigates the lexical performances of two beginner learners of English in writing and speaking tasks. Based on theoretical models of writing and speaking, we find major similarities and differences between writing and speaking. We analyzed 100 writing and 100 speaking samples of two identical twins with respect to two lexical dimensions: lexical diversity and lexical difficulty. The results show a higher degree of lexical diversity in writing than in speaking. However, dynamic correlations of the two lexical dimensions in writing and speaking do not show the same tendencies amongst the identical twins.Cette étude analyse les compétences linguistiques de deux élèves débutants en anglais, à l'écrit comme à l'oral. En se basant sur les modèles théoriques de la langue, nous avons trouvé des différences ainsi que des similitudes entre l'écrit et l'oral. Nous avons étudié cent épisodes parlés et écrits de deux jumeaux sous deux aspects: la diversité et la complexité lexicales. Les résultats ont démontré une plus grande diversité lexicale à l'écrit qu'à l'oral. Cependant, les corrélations dynamiques de ces deux dimensions lexicales entre l'écrit et l'oral ne sont pas les mêmes chez les jumeaux
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