Cross-linguistic influence on the accuracy order of L2 English grammatical morphemes
- Autores: Akira Murakami
- Localización: Twenty years of learner corpus research: looking back, moving ahead / Sylviane Granger (ed. lit.), Gaëtanelle Gilquin (ed. lit.), Fanny Meunier (ed. lit.), 2013, ISBN 978-2-87558-199-0, págs. 325-334
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Contrary to the accepted notion of the 'natural order' that claims for the fixed L2 acquisition order of English grammatical morphemes, Luk & Shirai (2009) reviewed the literature and argued that the order may differ depending on learners' L1. The present study empirically investigates whether the accuracy order of L2 English grammatical morphemes varies across L1 groups. By targeting over 3,000 essays across seven L1 groups in the Cambridge Learner Corpus, the study computed the accuracy of six morphemes in each L1 group and clustered them through statistical bootstrapping. The study, then, compared the accuracy order of the morphemes between L1 groups and demonstrated clear L1 influence. Overall, the groups whose L1s do not obligatorily mark the morpheme tend to have a lower accuracy order with respect to the morpheme compared to those whose L1s mark it. This was particularly the case for articles
