Publications

Publication details [#53895]

Tokowicz, Natasha and Tamar Degani. 2010. Ambiguous words are harder to learn. Bilingualism 13 (3) : 299–314.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ambiguity | L2-acquisition | meaning | translation

Language as a subject

Dutch | English

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This study demonstrates that multiple translations corresponding to the same meaning engender an ambiguity disadvantage for adult second-language learners (in this case English speaking learners of Dutch).