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Multiword sequences in L2 English language learners’ speech: The relationship between trigrams and lexical variety across development.
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Languages have formulaic multiword sequences (MWSs) that occur repeatedly in speech and writing (e.g., Nattinger & DeCarrico, 1992; Siyanova-Chanturia & Pellicer-Sanchez, 2018). For learners, then, the production of MWSs is an important element in developing spoken language which is complex, accurate, and fluent. However, though the use of MWSs are important for achieving spoken proficiency, it is unclear whether the production of MWSs supports or hinders another aspect of proficiency, lexical variety. This paper is an exploration of the production of MWSs and the development of lexical variety, found in two-minute speeches (n = 294) from English L2 learners (n = 66) over time in an intensive English program (IEP). In this study, MWSs were operationalized as recurrent three-word trigrams. Using hierarchical linear modeling and correlation analysis, we found different patterns of development for the two measures. The use of MWSs increased and then decreased while the lexical variety scores slightly decreased and then sharply increased over time in the IEP. Although the impact of MWSs on oral fluency has been studied, this is the first study to consider how MWSs affect lexical variety.
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URL: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/41020/
http://sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0346251X21000488
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/41020/1/Vercellotti_Juffs_Naismith_2021_manuscript_draft.pdf
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A descriptive study on choices of oral corrective feedback by instructors of English as a second language
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Self-corrections by clause type : what these corrections may reveal about L2 cognitive resources
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The effectiveness of Duolingo on Spanish learners' spelling ability ; The effectiveness of Duolingo on Spanish leaners' language learning : learners' spelling ability
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Language use in coaching collegiate basketball : a speech act analysis of collegiate basketball coaches during gameplay ; Language use in coaching sports
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Input and output : a comparison of FYC and ESL writing prompts ; Title on signature form: Input and output : a comparison of ESL and FYC writing prompts
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The interaction of affect and learning preference on ESL reading comprehension : a comparison of electronic and paper textbooks
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Urban versus suburban : the northern cities shift in Fort Wayne
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Talkin' Appalachian in Henry County, Indiana : measuring the retention of Appalachian English features in third-generation descendants ; Talking Appalachian in Henry County, Indiana
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Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency as Properties of Language Performance: The Development of Multiple Subsystems over Time and in Relation to Each Other
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Non-Linguistic Cognitive Effects of Learning American Sign Language as a Second Language
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