Advanced Students’ L1 and L2 Mastery of Lexical Fields of Near Synonyms  

Oleh:

Karlsson, Monica

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: World Journal of English Language vol. 4 no. 3 (2014), page 1-17.
Topik: L1 versus L2; lexical field; near synonyms
Fulltext: 5159-17124-1-PB.pdf (124.23KB)

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In the present investigation, 15 first-term university students were faced with eight fields of near synonyms in English (L2) and Swedish (L1) respectively and asked to pair up each item with its correct definition. Both the synsets as a whole and the items within each synonym set were of varying frequency. The investigation thus addresses the following research question: In quantitative and qualitative terms, how well do advanced students master lexical fields of near synonyms on a whole as well as the respective items in each synonym set in their L2 as compared to their L1? Results show that while most students have a relatively poor knowledge of L2 synsets as compared to in their L1, the knowledge they do possess appears to be strongly frequency-based.

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