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Do learners need semantics to spell syntactic markers? Plural spellings in real vs. pseudowords in a French L2 setting
Klasen, Lisa; Ugen, Sonja; Dording, Carole et al.
2023In Reading and Writing
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Abstract :
[en] Inaudible syntactic markers are especially difcult to spell. This paper examines how 455 fourth graders spell silent French plural markers in a dictation with real and pseudowords after one year of formal French instruction (L2). The Generalized Linear Mixed Model analysis shows frst that noun plural spelling (real and pseudo) is a strong predictor for verb and adjective plural spelling. Second, the performance on real verb plural is higher than the performance on real adjective plural. In con‑ trast, the performance on pseudoadjective plural is higher than on pseudoverb plural. Our fndings indicate the strong infuence of semantics and frequency in instruction input on plural spelling: noun plural is semantically grounded, and nouns are most frequent in the curriculum. Verbs and verb plural are also frequent, and infection is mostly taught by means of memorizing the verb infection paradigm. Adjectives are taught least frequently. The fndings are discussed in the context of French L2 instruction, as the extremely low results on adjectives and pseudoverbs seem to be a consequence of instruction methods.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
Klasen, Lisa ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM)
Ugen, Sonja ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > LUCET
Dording, Carole ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM)
Fayol, Michel
Weth, Constanze  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Humanities (DHUM)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Do learners need semantics to spell syntactic markers? Plural spellings in real vs. pseudowords in a French L2 setting
Publication date :
2023
Journal title :
Reading and Writing
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Focus Area :
Educational Sciences
Name of the research project :
C18/SC/12675187/GRASP/WETH
Funders :
FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche [LU]
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