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From contrastive linguistics to linguistic typology University of Antwerp
Difficulty and Complexity of Language Features and Second Language Instruction Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The question whether some second language (L2) features (forms, items,
structures, patterns, rules) and, if so, which types of features, are more affected
by instruction or are more effectively instructed than others has received
increasing attention in applied linguistics and SLA research since the mid-1990s
(VanPatten, 1994; Spada, 1997). For SLA researchers, knowing how the nature
of the input stimulus interacts with ...
structures, patterns, rules) and, if so, which types of features, are more affected
by instruction or are more effectively instructed than others has received
increasing attention in applied linguistics and SLA research since the mid-1990s
(VanPatten, 1994; Spada, 1997). For SLA researchers, knowing how the nature
of the input stimulus interacts with ...
Verbal predicates in Flemish sign language (VGT) and South African sign language (SASL) Ghent University
In 2006 and 2007 a project on differences and similarities between SASL and VGT was set up for which a number of grammatical mechanisms and structures were being compared across the two signed languages, using a corpus consisting of similar VGT and SASL-data of a various nature. The overall goal was to contribute to a further understanding of the degree of similarity between unrelated signed languages. Part of the grammatical comparison focused ...
Language Contact and Language Change in a Multilingual Epigraphic Corpus: The Italian Peninsula in the First Millennium B.C.E. KU Leuven
This research project focuses on the languages spoken in the Italic peninsula in the first millennium B.C.E. (in particular, Latin, Etruscan, Oscan and Umbrian) and the insights they can provide into the process of language change. Linguists have long recognised that the spread of language innovations from one language variety to another is an integral part of all language change, but the conditions which determine whether or not an innovation ...
Verbal predicates in Flemish Sign Language and South African Sign Language KU Leuven
In 2006 and 2007 a project on differences and similarities between SASL and VGT was set up for which a number of grammatical mechanisms and structures were being compared across the two signed languages, using a corpus consisting of similar VGT and SASL-data of a various nature. The overall goal was to contribute to a further understanding of the degree of similarity between unrelated signed languages. Part of the grammatical comparison focused ...
Negation, grammaticalization and language change in North Africa: the case of the negator NEG___bu Ghent University
Multiple Approaches to Complexity in Second Language Research Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In the past decades, there has been a surge in interest in the study of language complexity in second language (L2) research. In this article we provide an overview of current theoretical and methodological practices in L2 complexity research, while simultaneously framing these within the broader scientific interest into the notion of complexity. In addition to focusing on the role of complexity in L2 research, we trace how language ...