The L2 Production of English Comprative Structures: More Support for L2 Developmental Changes

Abstract

This study presents the results of an elicited production task on English comparative adjectives conducted with L1 Turkish learners of L2 English. The obtained results indicated processing differences both between the L2 participants and the L1 controls and between the higher and lower proficiency L2 participants. It is claimed that these results provide further support for the view that L2 learners tend to rely more on lexical storage and less on computational processes in the processing of morphologically complex word forms. Secondly, it is argued that the findings lend further support to the view that the processing of L2 morphology changes with increasing proficiency.

Keywords

• second language,English comparatives,morphological processing

The L2 Production of English Comparative Structures: More Support for L2 Developmental Changes

Abstract

Bu çalışma, anadilleri Türkçe olan deneklerle İngilizce karşılaştırma sıfatları konusunda gerçekleştirilen bir söyletimli üretim deneyinin sonuçlarını sunmaktadır. Elde edilen sonuçlar gerek anadil ve ikinci dil konuşucuları, gerekse ikinci dil seviyeleri nispeten düşük ve yüksek olan ikinci dil konuşucuları arasında işlemleme farklılıklarına işaret etmişlerdir. Bu sonuçların, ikinci dil öğrenicilerinin biçimbilimsel açıdan karmaşık yapıları işlemlerken, kurallı süreçler uygulamaktan ziyade bunları sözcüksel bellekte depoladıkları yönündeki görüşleri destekler nitelikte oldukları iddia edilmektedir. İkinci olarak, ikinci dilde biçimbilimsel işlemlemenin artan ikinci dil yeterliliğiyle değiştiği ve gittikçe daha az sözcüksel belleğe dayandığı iddia edilmektedir.

Keywords

• ikinci dil
• İngilizce karşılaştırma sıfatları
• biçimbilimsel işlemleme

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