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Publication details [#53507]

Hamada, Megumi and Keiko Koda. 2010. The Role of Phonological Decoding in Second Language Word-Meaning Inference. Applied Linguistics 31 (4) : 513–531.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

inference | L2-acquisition | orthography | phonology1 | word meaning

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This study examines whether resemblance between first (L1) and second language (L2) orthographic processing eases L2-decoding efficiency and whether L2-decoding efficiency adds to word-meaning inference to varying levels among L2 learners with various L1 orthographic backgrounds.