Ali Fayyazi; Rahman Sahragard; Belghis Rovshan; Bahman Zandy
Volume 6, Issue 10 , July 2014, , Pages 69-96
Abstract
Presenting a brief description of bilingualism and its correlation with cognitive development and 3rd language learning, the present research primarily aims to compare the knowledge of English vocabulary and grammar in a sample of monolingual and bilingual high school students (fourth graders) of Fars ...
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Presenting a brief description of bilingualism and its correlation with cognitive development and 3rd language learning, the present research primarily aims to compare the knowledge of English vocabulary and grammar in a sample of monolingual and bilingual high school students (fourth graders) of Fars and Khuzestan provinces in Iran. To fulfill this objective, 448 monolingual and bilingual students were selected from among 67031 students in the 2012-2013 academic year. They were given a proficiency test, and the results were analyzed through SPSS computer program. The findings revealed that contrary to a considerable number of researches, bilingualism here is not significantly correlated with the students' knowledge of English vocabulary and grammar. In other words, monolingual participants outperformed their bilingual counterparts in the test. Based on the results of the study, it is suggested that further researchshould be conducted in these bilingual communities to explore the hidden factors associated with lower or weaker performance of bilinguals in learning English language.
Fatemeh Daneshpazhouh; Gholamhossein Karimi-Dustan; Zeynab Mohammad Ebrahimi; Belqies Roshan
Volume 5, Issue 8 , April 2013, , Pages 53-80
Abstract
The present paper examines the nature of verb lexical aspect and its relation to -rā/rē non-active morpheme in Sorani Kurdish based on Vendler (1956 & 1967) and Croft (2010). The research method is analytic-descriptive. The article shows that although some verbs have the same aspectual features, they ...
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The present paper examines the nature of verb lexical aspect and its relation to -rā/rē non-active morpheme in Sorani Kurdish based on Vendler (1956 & 1967) and Croft (2010). The research method is analytic-descriptive. The article shows that although some verbs have the same aspectual features, they don’t have the same behaviour regarding the attachment of rē/rā morpheme since the verb form, namely simple or non-simple, affects the attaching -rē/rā morpheme. It shows that not only the lexical aspect, but the form of the verb morphology plays a crucial role in accounting for the presence or absence of -rā/rē morpheme at the syntax level which, in turn, implicates the interaction between the meaning, morphology and syntax in this language. Furthermore, in this article, it is shown that in most cases, the "in phrase" and "for phrase" tests are not efficient means to distinguish telic from atelic events. This causes these tests not to play a crucial role to distinguish events based on lexical aspect in Kurdish. Nonetheless, the-rā/rē non-active morpheme can attach to the verb in both telic and atelic events. So there is no direct relationship between a non-active structure and the telicity.
