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Swedish as a Foreign Language : = What Effect has the Environment on Learning Grammar, Lexicon and Pragmatics.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Swedish as a Foreign Language :/
Reminder of title:	What Effect has the Environment on Learning Grammar, Lexicon and Pragmatics.
Author:	Nystrom, Pia C.
Description:	1 online resource (107 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International56-06(E).
Subject:	Language. -
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ISBN:	9780355124248

Swedish as a Foreign Language : = What Effect has the Environment on Learning Grammar, Lexicon and Pragmatics.
Nystrom, Pia C.

Swedish as a Foreign Language :What Effect has the Environment on Learning Grammar, Lexicon and Pragmatics. - 1 online resource (107 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 56-06.

Thesis (Master's)

Includes bibliographical references

Second Language Acquisition requires multiple skills of the language learners. They do not only have to learn new words, they must also acquire knowledge about grammar and pragmatics which often differ from their native language. Research has shown that the language environment, whether the language is learnt as a second language or a foreign language, can have an effect on the language learners' language development. In this longitudinal study which lasted over an academic year, three different areas---grammar, pragmatic and lexicon---were examined. The main aim was to see whether the environment had any effect on the language development of students participating in the second-year program of Swedish at University of Washington compared to second language learners. Since some of the participants also were heritage learners another aim was to see if they diverged from second and foreign language learners. The grammar was analyzed according to the Processability Theory (Pienemann, 1998) and for the pragmatics, a gap filling dialogue was used. For examining the lexicon development, a word association test was used. The main findings were that the grammar development followed the predetermined stages defined in the Processability Theory, and there were no environmental differences. The pragmatics results showed there were very little material to compare against, the only clear finding was that the heritage learners were closer to a native speaker, which indicates that the language environment have some impact. Finally, for the lexicon the main findings were that the results varied both individually and between the participants, in other words the longitudinal results showed very little stability regarding the lexicon development. There was also no visible difference between the heritage and foreign learners.

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2018

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