The Longitudinal Role of Working Memory on Adult Acquisition of L2 Grammar
Sagarra, Nuria
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Description
Title
The Longitudinal Role of Working Memory on Adult Acquisition of L2 Grammar
Author(s)
Sagarra, Nuria
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
VanPatten, Bill
Department of Study
Spanish
Discipline
Spanish
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Education, Language and Literature
Language
eng
Abstract
Results from the experiment revealed a lack of significant differences among subjects with low, medium and high WM span, and can be explained along several lines: methodological limitations of the tests (grammar tests and the reading span test); the domain specificity hypothesis; the processing efficiency hypothesis; and the less is more hypothesis.
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