Looking for form-meaning motivation in new L2 words: A think-aloud study among proficient learners of English.

Julie Deconinck; Frank Boers; June Eyckmans; Gaëtanelle Gilquin; Lieven Vandelanotte

Looking for form-meaning motivation in new L2 words: A think-aloud study among proficient learners of English.

Julie Deconinck, Frank Boers, June Eyckmans, Gaëtanelle Gilquin (Editor), Lieven Vandelanotte (Editor)

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Abstract

The association of new words with previously acquired vocabulary has been hailed as beneficial for speedy and effective L2 and L3 lexical development (e.g. Altarriba and Knickerbocker 2011; Ringbom 2007; Schmitt 2008). In a bid to trigger and inventorise possible learner-generated associations with novel words, we set up a think-aloud experiment with upper-intermediate L2 learners of English (N=30) that harnesses the Cognitive Linguistic notion of 'form-meaning motivation' as a pathway for the making of such associations. Transcripts show that participants resorted to a variety of knowledge sources in order to carry out the task at hand, knowledge sources that go beyond traditional notions of prior lexical knowledge.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	249-280
Number of pages	31
Journal	English Text Construction
Volume	7
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2 Nov 2014

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Gaëtanelle Gilquin, Lieven Vandelanotte

Keywords

Second Language Acquisition
vocabulary learning and teaching
Cognitive Linguistics
language transfer
sound symbolism

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Looking for form-meaning motivation in new L2 words: A think-aloud study among proficient learners of English.

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