Keywords

Acquisition, Korean, Morpheme, Morpheme acquisition

Abstract

This study explored morpheme acquisition in learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Specifically, it looked at the development of eight selected individuals from Korea over the course of an intensive 8-week instruction program and tracked their acquisition of three specific English morphemes: indefinite articles used with singular count nouns, progressive -ing forms, and third person -s markers. The individuals were given an assessment test to place them at the correct level within the program prior to their selection for the study. The participants provided four sets of data in the form of writing samples at fixed intervals during the eight weeks. The results were evaluated and documented in the pages that follow. Improvement was shown in raw performance data on the morphemes, and a significant correlation was found for both the indefinite article and progressive –ing morphemes in number of correct responses.

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Graduation Date

2004

Semester

Spring

Advisor

Folse, Keith

Degree

Master of Arts (M.A.)

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Foreign Languages and Literatures

Degree Program

Foreign Languages and Literatures

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0000040

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0000040

Language

English

Release Date

May 2004

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Subjects

Arts and Sciences -- Dissertations, Academic; Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Sciences

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