Control before Raising in Thai EFL Grammar

Autor/inn/en	Teeranate, Kittirit; Singhapreecha, Pornsiri
Titel	Control before Raising in Thai EFL Grammar
Quelle	In: LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 15 (2022) 1, S.588-626 (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2630-0672
Schlagwörter	Grammar; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Thai; Native Language; Language Universals; Decision Making; Learning Processes; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Intervention; Verbs; High School Students; Males; Single Sex Schools; Language Tests; Thailand (Bangkok) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grammatik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Korrelation; Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Language test; Sprachtest
Abstract	This study investigated the acquisition of English "control" and "raising" ("over Experiencer") constructions with three groups of Thai EFL learners (lower intermediate, intermediate, and advanced). Thai and English, with respect to "control," commonly have PRO and infinitive markers, but Thai does not exhibit (subject-to-subject) "raising," unlike English. Our hypotheses were based on L1/L2 similarities, access to UG, and previous studies. We hypothesized that Thai learners' performance on "raising" would be above chance, based on UG availability and potentials for the learning of English "raising" suggested in Witoon (2012). In addition, based on L1/L2 similarities and Yoshimura et al.'s (2016) findings, Thai learners' performance on "control" would be more accurate than "raising." Grammaticality judgment/comprehension trials were employed; results were obtained by ANOVAs. The first hypothesis was confirmed by the intermediate and advanced groups. Tests on the second hypothesis revealed a confirmation; there were ceiling performances across groups on control and a development pattern on "raising." The study's findings suggest facilitation of L1/L2 similarities and restrictions on UG access. Particularly, L2 learners can access linking between PRO and arguments more readily than raising of arguments, suggesting UG access is restricted by marked properties of L2 structures, such as English "raising over Experiencer." (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Language Institute of Thammasat University. The Prachan Campus, 2 Prachan Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand. e-mail: learnjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/learn
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Update	2024/1/01