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Title: Impact of the Intrinsic Complexity and Prior Linguistic Knowledge on the Acquisition of Relative Clauses
Language: English
Authors: Golpar Bahar, Gero Kunter
Source: Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée. 2024 27(3):80-101.
Availability: Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics / Association Canadienne de Linguistique Appliquée. Departement de langues, linguistique et traduction, Pavillon de Koninck, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada. Web site: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/CJAL
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 22
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Phrase Structure, Error Analysis (Language), Native Language, Transfer of Training, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Indo European Languages, Nouns, Form Classes (Languages), Language Proficiency, Error Patterns, Word Order, Contrastive Linguistics, Word Frequency, Language Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Test Preparation
ISSN: 1481-868X
1920-1818
Abstract: The study explores the extent to which the intrinsic complexity of relative clauses (RCs) and prior linguistic knowledge impact the acquisition of RCs by L2 learners. The study investigates the main sources of the erroneous and avoided types of English RCs produced by Persian-speaking learners of English at three proficiency levels. The data elicitation task was a translation test comprised of six types of RCs modeled on the RC types in the Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy. To analyze the data, the occurrence frequencies of the correctly and erroneously formed RCs were counted and the avoided RCs were identified in each RC type. Then, a precise error analysis was done. The statistical analysis of 3840 RCs showed that the most common error types were (i) forming English RCs with resumptive pronouns and (ii) altering more-marked RCs with non-canonical word order to less-marked RCs with canonical word order. The errors are interpreted as evidence for the impact of both L1 transfer and the universal intrinsic constraints of RCs. The analysis of the avoided RC types, mostly the more marked RCs, indicates that avoidance is mainly linked to the universal intrinsic constraints of RCs.
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Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1473542
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