Cognitive Grammar Learning Strategies in the Acquisition of Tense-Aspect Morphology in L3 Catalan

Autor/in	Comajoan, Llorenç
Titel	Cognitive Grammar Learning Strategies in the Acquisition of Tense-Aspect Morphology in L3 Catalan
Quelle	In: Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 26 (2019) 3, S.262-281 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1048-9223
DOI	10.1080/10489223.2018.1534965
Schlagwörter	Romance Languages; Grammar; Morphemes; Second Language Learning; Learning Strategies; Translation; Form Classes (Languages); Protocol Analysis; Foreign Countries; Morphology (Languages); College Students; Multilingualism; Writing (Composition); Decision Making; Language Processing; Student Attitudes; Accuracy; Foreign Students; Study Abroad; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Romanische Sprache; Grammatik; Morphem; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Analytischer Sprachbau; Ausland; Morphology; Morphologie; Collegestudent; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Schreibübung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Sprachverarbeitung; Schülerverhalten; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Spanien
Abstract	This study investigates grammar learning strategies and the acquisition of L2 tense-aspect morphology through the retrospective think-aloud processes of a group of L3 learners of Catalan. A total of 18 students of Catalan in a university setting in Catalonia were asked to select one of three tense-aspect forms (preterite, imperfect, and perfect) in a short narrative written in the past. Retrospective think-aloud protocols were used to investigate what they were thinking when they made the decision to choose the appropriate tense-aspect form. A bottom-up analysis identified nine grammar learning strategies that participants used to select the appropriate past tense forms. The results on the frequency of use of the strategies show that they were often used in combination and that the most common ones were translation, aspect, adverbial, and tense strategies. The analysis of strategy use according to type of morphology and selection of the correct form in the narrative showed that strategy use is related both to specific tense-aspect forms as well as to accuracy in the selection of forms. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01