This dissertation presents a cross-sectional study of coherence of reference to person by
Chinese and Korean adults learning English as a foreign language. The study focuses on …

Previous research suggests that the way grammatical aspect is encoded in the speaker's L1
influences event conceptualisation and its subprocesses even in highly advanced L2. Given …

The introduction and tracking of discourse referents over extended discourse, known as
referential movement, is a central feature of discourse coherence. However, while much …

Much of how we sequence events in speech mirrors the order of their natural occurrence.
While event chains that conform to chronology may be easier to process, languages offer …

This dissertation seeks possible factors of fossilization during adult second language
acquisition (SLA) in first language (L1) influence on cognition while using a second …

抄録 第二言語習得でネイティブレベルに達しない理由の一つに, 言葉そのものでなく,
言葉の意味や機能の習得が困難であることがあげられている. 単語の発音やスペルを記憶するのと …