The relationship between linguistic knowledge types and inflectional output

Acquiring the morphology of the tense-aspect system of English is challenging to second language learners due to the multifaceted nature of temporal indicators. Acquisitional attempts may also be complex because of the absence of parallel indicators in the mother tongue and the types of linguistic k...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Lotfie, Maskanah, Salleh, Nurul Aadilah
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Published: 2014
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spelling iium-379542018-06-12T04:49:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/37954/ The relationship between linguistic knowledge types and inflectional output Mohammad Lotfie, Maskanah Salleh, Nurul Aadilah PE English Acquiring the morphology of the tense-aspect system of English is challenging to second language learners due to the multifaceted nature of temporal indicators. Acquisitional attempts may also be complex because of the absence of parallel indicators in the mother tongue and the types of linguistic knowledge that users have. This paper presents a discussion on Malay-English differences in temporal markers. It also reports an investigation on the types of linguistic knowledge that language learners have and their relationship with the production of past-time inflections [-en] and [-ed]. Seventy two tertiary level students who used English as a second language participated in the study. Data were collected using three instruments and they were a grammaticality judgment test (GJT), a metalinguistic knowledge test (MKT) and a written production test (WPT). Analysed data provide evidence of the correlation between explicit and implicit knowledge and target item output. Qualitative analysis of WPT indicates consistent usage of [–ed] inflection but not [–en]. The findings from the study should enhance the theoretical understanding of the role of linguistic knowledge on the development of learners’ inflectional morphology. The outcome should also inform and update language practitioners of specific pedagogical issues that need to be considered in ensuring sound language instructional practices. 2014-06 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37954/1/Mohammad_Lotfie_._Salleh_LiLa_2014.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37954/4/Li_La_2014_Programme.png Mohammad Lotfie, Maskanah and Salleh, Nurul Aadilah (2014) The relationship between linguistic knowledge types and inflectional output. In: Linguistic and Language Conference (LI LA '14), 16-18 June 2014, Istanbul, Turkey. (Unpublished) http://www.lilaconference.org/
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Mohammad Lotfie, Maskanah
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The relationship between linguistic knowledge types and inflectional output
description Acquiring the morphology of the tense-aspect system of English is challenging to second language learners due to the multifaceted nature of temporal indicators. Acquisitional attempts may also be complex because of the absence of parallel indicators in the mother tongue and the types of linguistic knowledge that users have. This paper presents a discussion on Malay-English differences in temporal markers. It also reports an investigation on the types of linguistic knowledge that language learners have and their relationship with the production of past-time inflections [-en] and [-ed]. Seventy two tertiary level students who used English as a second language participated in the study. Data were collected using three instruments and they were a grammaticality judgment test (GJT), a metalinguistic knowledge test (MKT) and a written production test (WPT). Analysed data provide evidence of the correlation between explicit and implicit knowledge and target item output. Qualitative analysis of WPT indicates consistent usage of [–ed] inflection but not [–en]. The findings from the study should enhance the theoretical understanding of the role of linguistic knowledge on the development of learners’ inflectional morphology. The outcome should also inform and update language practitioners of specific pedagogical issues that need to be considered in ensuring sound language instructional practices.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohammad Lotfie, Maskanah
Salleh, Nurul Aadilah
author_facet Mohammad Lotfie, Maskanah
Salleh, Nurul Aadilah
author_sort Mohammad Lotfie, Maskanah
title The relationship between linguistic knowledge types and inflectional output
title_short The relationship between linguistic knowledge types and inflectional output
title_full The relationship between linguistic knowledge types and inflectional output
title_fullStr The relationship between linguistic knowledge types and inflectional output
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between linguistic knowledge types and inflectional output
title_sort relationship between linguistic knowledge types and inflectional output
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/37954/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/37954/1/Mohammad_Lotfie_._Salleh_LiLa_2014.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/37954/4/Li_La_2014_Programme.png
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