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This current study investigated the sensitivities of 42 L1-Bengali L2-English learners with article-less background, to the article choice distinction into the semantic contexts of [+definite, +specific], [+definite, -specific], [-definite, +specific] and [-definite, -specific]. Furthermore, the effects of the L2 grammatical ability of the participants, determined by a cloze test on the use of the articles in those four article semantic contexts, were assessed by a forced-choice elicitation test. The results determined that regardless of their grammatical ability, the participants are more likely to accurately use the in the contexts of [+definite, +specific] and [+definite, -specific] than a in the contexts of [-definite,+specific] and [-definite, -specific]. Moreover, in spite of their grammatical ability, the participants tend to overuse the and a in the contexts of [-definite,+specific] and [+definite, -specific] respectively. Additionally, the L2 highly grammatical group is more likely to overuse a more than the L2 low group, in the context of [+definite, -specific]. On the other hand, the L2 lower grammatical group has tendencies to overuse a more than the L2 high group in the context of [+definite, +specific]. However, in the two contexts of [-definite, +specific] and [-definite, -specific], both groups tend to overuse the in a roughly equal amount. These results suggest that L1-Bengali L2-English learners may encounter persistent difficulties stemming from the parametric variations of noun phrases in their L1 and L2, during their process of transfer from L1 NPs to L2 NPs.

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I. Introduction
 II. Literature Review
  1. Previous Studies in the Article Semantic Contexts
  2. Bengali Noun Phrases versus English Noun Phrases
 III. Methods
  1. Participants
  2. Measures and Procedures
 IV. Results and Discussion
  1. Cloze Test
  2. Forced-Choice Elicitation Test
 V. Conclusion and Implications
 References
 Appendix 1
 Abstract

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• Bijon Krishna Sarker [ Chonnam National University ] First author
• Seunghyun Baek [ 백승현 | Chonnam National University ] Corresponding author

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학21 [English21]

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  계간

• pISSN

  1738-4052

• 수록기간

  1967~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820