The Problem of Synforms in Serbian Efl Learners Revisited

• Authors: Jelena Danilović , Marta Dimitrijević
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper will explore the issue of similar lexical forms (Laufer 1991) as a potential problem in vocabulary acquisition of Serbian EFL learners. Building on previous research (Kocić 2008), we collected data from two groups of undergraduate students at the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac (lower- and upper-intermediate), and attempted to identify the factors that contribute to synform confusions.

Keywords

EN

lexical confusions; L2 acquisition; synforms; vocabulary learning

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Romanian Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 244-254

Dates

published

2014-03-01

online

2014-05-01

Contributors

author

Jelena Danilović

• Faculty of Philology and Arts, University of Kragujevac

author

Marta Dimitrijević

• Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/rjes-2014-0028