Abstract/Details

NON-ERRORS OF THE THIRD KIND? AN INVESTIGATION OF INTERLANGUAGE PRODUCTION BY L2, L3, AND L4 LEARNERS OF ITALIAN

SHERRILL, BARBARA D.   University of South Carolina ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  1985. 8604280.

Abstract (summary)

This study questions relationships of prior foreign language experience and factors associated with second language learning to target language production. To investigate this question, written target language samples of thirty-nine college students in beginning Italian were analyzed for production of ten morphemes and for percentage of error-free T-Units. Other variables tested included grade point average, SAT scores, sex, major, year in school, in addition to prior language experience.

Results demonstrated that morpheme orders of accuracy between groups were generally similar with the exception of the least experienced group, which tended to be not similar. Some cognitive variables demonstrated significant relationships to T-Unit scores and to one morpheme score. A significant relationship was demonstrated between sex and one morpheme score. Statistically significant differences for morpheme scores were generally not demonstrated between sex and one morpheme score. Statistically significant differences for morpheme scores were generally not demonstrated between language experience groups, although means were often slightly higher for the most experienced language group. An average number of obligatory contexts by language experience groups showed promise as an indicator of effects of prior language experience on interlanguage production.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Linguistics
Classification
0290: Linguistics
Identifier / keyword
Language, literature and linguistics
Title
NON-ERRORS OF THE THIRD KIND? AN INVESTIGATION OF INTERLANGUAGE PRODUCTION BY L2, L3, AND L4 LEARNERS OF ITALIAN
Author
SHERRILL, BARBARA D.
Number of pages
168
Degree date
1985
School code
0202
Source
DAI-A 46/12, Dissertation Abstracts International
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
Country of publication
United States
ISBN
979-8-205-17273-8
University/institution
University of South Carolina
University location
United States -- South Carolina
Degree
Ph.D.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
English
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
8604280
ProQuest document ID
303382472
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/303382472