Individual Variations in the Mastery of Discourse Connectives from Teenage Years to Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Tskhovrebova, Ekaterina; Zufferey, Sandrine; Gygax, Pascal
Titel	Individual Variations in the Mastery of Discourse Connectives from Teenage Years to Adulthood
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 72 (2022) 2, S.412-455 (44 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tskhovrebova, Ekaterina) ORCID (Zufferey, Sandrine) ORCID (Gygax, Pascal)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/lang.12481
Schlagwörter	Form Classes (Languages); Writing Skills; Native Speakers; French; Task Analysis; Sentences; Predictor Variables; Age Differences; Educational Attainment; Language Usage; Difficulty Level; Individual Differences; Mastery Learning; Language Acquisition; Adolescents; Adults; Older Adults; Skill Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analytischer Sprachbau; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Muttersprachler; Französisch; Aufgabenanalyse; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Prädiktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Sprachgebrauch; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Individueller Unterschied; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Älterer Erwachsener; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung
Abstract	Many connectives, such as "therefore" and "however," are used very frequently in the written modality. Their acquisition thus represents an important milestone in developing written language competences. In this article, we assess the development of competence with such connectives by native French speakers in a sentence-level insertion task (N = 307, aged 12 to 64) and a text-level insertion task (N = 172, aged 13 to 71). Our results indicate that, despite a general progression in the level of competence with age, the academic level of participants is a strong predictor of competence within each age group, even during adulthood. In addition, from the age of 12, competence is related to the frequency of connectives in naturalistic data, with frequent connectives systematically mastered better than less frequent ones. Finally, in all age groups, the use and understanding of connectives is more challenging when sentences to complete are embedded within a richer context than when presented alone. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01