
The acquisition of the negative polarity item any by Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language
Other Title(s)
اكتساب المتعلمين الأردنيين للغة الإنجليزية كلغة أجنبية للمفردة المستقطبة للنفي
Dissertant
Thesis advisor
al-Sarayirah, Atif Ata Allah Id
University
Mutah University
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Department
Department of English Language and Literature
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2021
English Abstract
This study aims at investigating whether Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language adopt a conservative widening strategy in their acquisition of the negative polarity item any.
The study subjects were 97 participants studying English at Mutah University.
The Participants were classified as beginners, intermediates and advanced based on a placement test.
A timed grammaticality judgment task was used for data collection.
The theoretical framework of the study was Grammatical Conservatism hypothesis of language acquisition.
The results of the study show that Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language adopt a conservative widening strategy when they learn the negative polarity item any.
In particular, the results show that Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language start their learning of the negative polarity item any conservatively by using it in the more restricted context of antimorphic licensors.
Then, as their proficiency level increases, they widen their hypothesis about the licensing contexts of the negative polarity item any to include less restricted anti-additive and downward entailing contexts respectively.
Moreover, the results provide evidence that supports the presence of Grammatical Conservatism in the learning of English as a foreign language.
Main Subjects
No. of Pages
69
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Abstract in Arabic.
Chapter One : Introduction.
Chapter Two : Literature review.
Chapter Three : Methodology.
Chapter Four : Results and discussion.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Subua, Talib Mutlaq Najm. (2021). The acquisition of the negative polarity item any by Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University, Jordan
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Subua, Talib Mutlaq Najm. The acquisition of the negative polarity item any by Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University. (2021).
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Subua, Talib Mutlaq Najm. (2021). The acquisition of the negative polarity item any by Jordanian learners of English as a foreign language. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Mutah University, Jordan
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Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-1332595