Event boundaries stretched and compressed by aspect: Temporal segmentation in a first and a second language

N Vanek, H Zhang - Language Learning, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Event segmentation tests have shown substantial overlaps in how adults recognize starts
and endpoints as events unfold. However, far less is known about what role different …

Crosslinguistic influence on English and Chinese L2 speakers' conceptualization of event series

M Tang, N Vanek, L Roberts - International Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims and objectives/purpose/research question: The expression of event series varies
across languages in intriguing ways. One key difference is that in some linguistic systems …

Working Memory and English Language Learning: Implications for Classroom-Based Research

N Vanek - Cognitive and Educational Psychology for TESOL: A …, 2024 - Springer
This chapter builds on recent experimental findings to highlight the role of working memory
in second language (L2) learning. It surveys the most commonly employed measures of …

[PDF][PDF] A cognitive grammar perspective on temporal conceptualization in SLA

F Kermer - Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 2020 - intapi.sciendo.com
This article shows how cognitive grammar and cognitive linguistics theory offer a fruitful
paradigm within which the process of second language acquisition can be examined. The …