Native-Likeness in Second Language Lexical Categorization Reflects Individual Language History and Linguistic Community Norms

Native-Likeness in Second Language Lexical Categorization Reflects Individual Language History and Linguistic Community Norms

Second language learners face a dual challenge in vocabulary learning: First, they must learn new names for the hundreds of common objects that they encounter every day. Second, after some time, they discover that these names do not generalize according to the same rules used in their first language...

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Main Authors: Benjamin D Zinszer, Barbara eMalt, Eef eAmeel, Ping eLi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Immersion
bilingualism
language learning
lexical semantics
lexical categorization
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01203/full

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