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| Title: | Words that second language learners are likely to hear, read, and use |
| Author: | Douglas J. Davidson |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Institution: | Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics |
| Author: | Peter Indefrey |
| Institution: | Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics |
| Author: | Marianne Gullberg |
| Institution: | Lund University |
| Linguistic Field: | Language Acquisition |
| Abstract: | In the present study, we explore whether multiple data sources may be more effective than single sources at predicting the words that language learners are likely to know. Second language researchers have hypothesized that there is a relationship between word frequency and the likelihood that words will be encountered or used by second language learners, but it is not yet clear how this relationship should be effectively measured. An analysis of word frequency measures showed that spoken language frequency alone may predict the occurrence of words in learner textbooks, but that multiple corpora as well as textbook status can improve predictions of learner usage. |
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This article appears in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition Vol. 11, Issue 1, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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