RT Journal Article
T1 An approach to the lexical ambiguity caused by false cognates in Spanish L2. A corpus-based exploratory study
A1 Sampedro Mella, María Carmen
AB This exploratory study aims to offer new insights into the lexical ambiguity in the interlanguage arising from the use of false cognates. The study is based on written texts from two learners' corpora. Utterances including false cognates were retrieved from both corpora and presented to two groups of native speakers who assessed their correctness and stated whether or not they were ambiguous. While the first group was informed beforehand that the sentences had been produced by non-native speakers (as well as the meaning of the false cognates in their L1), the second group had no information regarding the speakers who wrote them. The goal of this analysis is to shed light on the different perceptions that can arise from native vs. non-native speakers' productions, focusing on lexical ambiguity.
PB Wiley
SN 0039-3193
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32930
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/32930
LA eng
NO Studia linguistica: a journal of general linguistics, 2023
NO This study was funded through a grant from Xunta de Galicia (Spain) titled “Use of general and learner corpora for the research and teaching of discourse in Spanish as a foreign language” [grant code: ED481D–2022–016].
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026