Age of onset, length of residence, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment in three linguistic domains
Age of onset, length of residence, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment in three linguistic domains
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DOI：
10.1177/0267658312461497
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发表时间：
2013-07-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Long, Michael H.
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作者：
Granena, Gisela;Long, Michael H.
本研究旨在探讨同一个体在三个语言领域内的成熟度限制的范围和时间，以及不同年龄段的第二语言接触程度和语言能力在不同领域中的潜在中介作用。受试者是65名学习西班牙语的中国人和12名母语人士对照。根据发病年龄(AO)定义的三个学习者群体--3-6岁、7-15岁和16-29岁--证实了先前的发现，即第二语言音系学的机会之窗首先关闭，然后是词汇和搭配，最后是十几岁左右的形态句法。所有三种年龄功能都显示出与敏感期相关的随着AO的增加而下降的速度的不连续性。在AO16-29组中，通过大羊驼测验(Meara，2005)测量的语言能力与发音分数之间以及语言能力与词汇和搭配分数之间存在显著的相关性。
A study was conducted to identify the scope and timing of maturational constraints in three linguistic domains within the same individuals, as well as the potential mediating roles of amount of second language (L2) exposure and language aptitude at different ages in different domains. Participants were 65 Chinese learners of Spanish and 12 native speaker controls. Results for three learner groups defined by age of onset (AO) - 3-6, 7-15, and 16-29 years - confirmed previous findings of windows of opportunity closing first for L2 phonology, then for lexis and collocation and, finally, in the mid-teens, for morphosyntax. All three age functions exhibited the discontinuities in the rate of decline with increasing AO associated with sensitive periods. Significant correlations were found between language aptitude, measured using the LLAMA test (Meara, 2005), and pronunciation scores, and between language aptitude and lexis and collocation scores, in the AO 16-29 group.