This study examines how adult second language learners acquire the different meanings of the Spanish preposition a. Cognitive linguistic models predict that spatial meanings are acquired first, as they are conceptually basic and are the source from which other meanings derive via natural cognitive mechanisms such as metaphor and image-schema transformation (Tyler & Evans, 2003). However, there has been little empirical evidence to support this hypothesis. Results from an oral story-telling task conducted with beginner (N = 10), intermediate (N = 10), and advanced (N = 4) learners suggest that the acquisition of prepositional meanings is not driven solely by cognitive mechanisms, but rather that other non-conceptual factors, such as collocat...
This paper is part of a Ph.D. that studies spatial prepositions in English and Spanish from the pers...
The current study investigates the expression of progressive and habitual aspect in second language ...
This paper presents two studies on space and motion from the viewpoint of Cognitive Linguistics and ...
AbstractThis study examines how adult second language learners acquire the different meanings of the...
The perception of prepositions as relational functional units with a secondary role in the creation...
The teaching and acquisition of prepositions is a complex issue both for teachers and foreign langua...
Learning to use prepositions in English as a second language (L2) has been widely acknowledged to po...
Treball Final de Màster Universitari en Professor/a d'Educació Secundària Obligatòria i Batxillerat,...
English prepositional verbs are usually taught to L2 English learners under the ‘phrasal verb’ cate...
Prepositions are notoriously hard to learn, and frequently subject to negative transfer. In addition...
This study explores reasons for the improper use of English pronouns by Spanish speaking ESL student...
The most obvious difference between the acquisition of a first language and the acquisition of a sec...
Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Lingüística mención Lengua InglesaThis work aimed to invest...
The present study investigated three areas in SLA related to the acquisition of polysemous L2 Spanis...
The process of learning a foreign language can be exhausting for almost all language learners. In th...
This paper is part of a Ph.D. that studies spatial prepositions in English and Spanish from the pers...
The current study investigates the expression of progressive and habitual aspect in second language ...
This paper presents two studies on space and motion from the viewpoint of Cognitive Linguistics and ...
AbstractThis study examines how adult second language learners acquire the different meanings of the...
The perception of prepositions as relational functional units with a secondary role in the creation...
The teaching and acquisition of prepositions is a complex issue both for teachers and foreign langua...
Learning to use prepositions in English as a second language (L2) has been widely acknowledged to po...
Treball Final de Màster Universitari en Professor/a d'Educació Secundària Obligatòria i Batxillerat,...
English prepositional verbs are usually taught to L2 English learners under the ‘phrasal verb’ cate...
Prepositions are notoriously hard to learn, and frequently subject to negative transfer. In addition...
This study explores reasons for the improper use of English pronouns by Spanish speaking ESL student...
The most obvious difference between the acquisition of a first language and the acquisition of a sec...
Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Lingüística mención Lengua InglesaThis work aimed to invest...
The present study investigated three areas in SLA related to the acquisition of polysemous L2 Spanis...
The process of learning a foreign language can be exhausting for almost all language learners. In th...
This paper is part of a Ph.D. that studies spatial prepositions in English and Spanish from the pers...
The current study investigates the expression of progressive and habitual aspect in second language ...
This paper presents two studies on space and motion from the viewpoint of Cognitive Linguistics and ...