Lahmann, Cornelia, Steinkrauss, Rasmus ORCID: 0000-0002-3643-8704 and Schmid, Monika S. (2016). Factors Affecting Grammatical and Lexical Complexity of Long-Term L2 Speakers' Oral Proficiency. Lang. Learn., 66 (2). S. 354 - 386. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1467-9922

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Abstract

There remains considerable disagreement about which factors drive second language (L2) ultimate attainment. Age of onset (AO) appears to be a robust factor, lending support to theories of maturational constraints on L2 acquisition. The present study is an investigation of factors that influence grammatical and lexical complexity at the stage of L2 ultimate attainment. Grammatical and lexical complexity were assessed in 102 spontaneous oral interviews. Interviewees' AOs ranged from 7 to 17 years old. Multifactorial analyses yielded consistently significant effects of gender and level of education for grammatical and lexical complexity. Additionally, native language use at work was a significant predictor for lexical complexity; conversely, AO did not emerge as a significant factor. We conclude that grammatical and lexical complexity at the stage of L2 ultimate attainment is the result of a complex interplay of variables that are general to language learning and performance rather than L2 specific.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Lahmann, CorneliaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Steinkrauss, RasmusUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-3643-8704UNSPECIFIED
Schmid, Monika S.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-274699
DOI: 10.1111/lang.12151
Journal or Publication Title: Lang. Learn.
Volume: 66
Number: 2
Page Range: S. 354 - 386
Date: 2016
Publisher: WILEY
Place of Publication: HOBOKEN
ISSN: 1467-9922
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
AGE-OF-ONSET; 2ND-LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; MATURATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; BILINGUAL DEVELOPMENT; HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS; LANGUAGE; PERIOD; PERSPECTIVE; LEVEL; ENGLISHMultiple languages
Education & Educational Research; LinguisticsMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/27469

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