The present study uses probabilistic models of corpus data in a novel way, to measure and
compare the syntactic predictive capacities of speakers of different varieties of the same …

Abstract [eng] The dissertation, based on the usage-based theory of language acquisition,
analyzes how students of Russian-speaking high schools mark an object through various …

This paper investigates the influence of probabilistic information in the second language on
the processing of English dative alternation constructions in German learners of English. We …

Straipsnyje analizuojama, kaip taisyklingai rusiškų gimnazijų moksleiviai reiškia
veiksmažodžio valdomą objektą ir kaip šios raiškos taisyklingumas susijęs su lietuvių kalbos …

Understanding how learners acquire a second language has been of interest for thousands
of years (Odlin 1989). The study of second language acquisition (SLA) has, however, only …

This thesis addresses the syntactic variation in the expression of transfer events by Brazilian
learners of English from the theoretical and methodological perspective of Corpus …

Abstract In both Dutch and English, many verbs of (future) possessional transfer take the
socalled 'dative alternation'or 'dative shift'. That is, in their description of a dative event …

This paper examines the potential use of the Tablet PC-based Flash Cards Application
(“application”) in a collaborative learning environment. The application provides the …