The perceptual basis of long-distance laryngeal restrictions
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2010.
Fluent, accurate, and appropriate use of a language presupposes that linguistic and contextual knowledge is properly welded. The FL learning setting is characterized by a lack of authentic contexts compatible with L2 use. By way of compensating for this lack, L1 contextual knowledge comes in, activating those L1 forms that go with it and incurring L1 transfer. The present study is an empirical study of the Compensation Hypothesis and the results of the study shed light on the English teaching including teaching of translation.