Can lexical errors inform about word class acquisition in FL?evidence from greek learners of Spanish as a foreign language

  1. Palapanidi, Kiriakí 1
  2. Agustín Llach, María del Pilar 2
  1. 1 Hellenic Open University
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    Hellenic Open University

    Patrás, Grecia

    ROR https://ror.org/02kq26x23

  2. 2 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Revue:
Revista de lingüística y lenguas aplicadas

ISSN: 1886-2438

Année de publication: 2014

Número: 9

Pages: 67-78

Type: Article

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DOI: 10.4995/RLYLA.2014.1670 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Résumé

This research study examines the order of acquisition of four different classes of words: verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs in three different levels of proficiency in the FL. We apply the procedure of Error Analysis to a corpus of written compositions and analyze the interlingual and intralingual lexical errors (formal and semantic) of Greek students studying Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL). Our results have shown i) that there is a relationship between the type of word and the production of lexical errors and ii) that the evolution of lexical errors presents different trends for different word classes. Additionally, our results lead us to the conclusion that word class is a stronger predictor of lexical error type than proficiency level.

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