掌握英语多形容词顺序的早期和晚期第二语言使用者:来自阿拉伯-英语双语者的证据

Rashidah Albaqami
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最近的研究表明,学习者在第二语言(L2)最终状态的成就方面表现出巨大的差异。虽然有些第二语言学习者达到了母语水平,但有些人只达到了未发展的水平,有些人则处于两者之间。由于Lenneberg的关键时期假说(1967)提出,早期学习者通常会促进第二语言的发展,因此也认为早期学习者经常会超越。本研究调查了晚期和早期阿拉伯语-英语双语者的年龄与掌握目标语言的关系。具体来说,本研究关注的是阿拉伯语-英语双语者通常如何感知多个连续形容词的正确顺序(例如,小黄鸟)。相当多的文献表明,二语学习者在掌握正确的形容词顺序时遇到了挑战,特别是当有几个形容词修饰一个名词时。为了确定阿拉伯语英语学习者如何感知英语描述性形容词顺序,本研究观察了较早的初次接触英语年龄是否能提高学习者的准确性和反应时间。为了验证这一假设,通过快速可接受性判断任务(SAJT),比较了英国(即利兹)两组早期(n=8)和晚期(n=8)阿拉伯-英语双语者对英语描述性形容词排序偏好的直觉。参与者被要求显示他们对一对多形容词字符串的排序偏好(n=16)。研究结果表明,早期的阿拉伯语-英语双语者在表现出与母语相似的排序偏好方面明显优于晚期的阿拉伯语-英语双语者。该研究得出结论,早期接触更有可能促进对目标系统的掌握,并且通常会加速第二语言的发展。本研究还得出结论,准确性和反应时间可能反映第二语言的发展。这项研究提出了一些关于第二语言教学和学习的地质意义。
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Mastering English Multiple Adjectives Ordering among Early versus Late Second Language Speakers: Evidence from Arabic-English Bilinguals
Recent research has shown that learners demonstrate huge variability in second language (L2) end-state attainment. While some L2 learners attain native-like command, others only attain an undeveloped command and some stuck in between. It is also assumed that early learners often surpass owing to Lenneberg’s Critical Period Hypothesis (1967) that proposes that early onset often advance L2 development. This study investigates the extent to which, age is associated with mastering the target language among late versus early Arabic-English bilinguals. Specifically, this study concerns itself with the issue of how Arabic-English bilinguals typically perceive the right ordering of multiple consecutive adjectives (e.g., the small yellow bird). A considerable amount of literature has established that L2 learners encounter challenges in mastering the right sequence of adjectives, particularly when there are several adjectives modifying a single noun. To determine how Arabic-learners of English perceive English descriptive adjective orderings, this study observes whether an earlier age of first contact with English enhances the learners’ accuracy and the reaction time. To test this assumption, the intuitions of two groups of early (n=8) vs. late (n=8) Arabic-English bilinguals in the United Kingdom (i.e. Leeds) were compared for English descriptive adjective ordering preferences through a Speeded Acceptability Judgment Task (SAJT). The participants were requested to show their ordering preferences for a couple of multi-adjective strings (n=16). The findings suggested that early Arabic-English bilinguals significantly outperformed late Arabic-English bilinguals in terms of exhibiting native-like ordering preferences. The study concludes that early exposure is more likely to facilitate mastering the target system and that it generally accelerates L2 development. This study also concludes that accuracy and response time may reflect the L2 development. The study suggests a number of pedogeological implications for teaching and learning an L2.
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