Thai Learners’ Awareness of Selectiveness Constraint on English Complex-word Derivation
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This research examined 59 Thai learners’ awareness levels of the selectiveness constraint on English complex-word derivation and investigated correlation between these awareness levels and the English proficiency levels. The instrument was a 60-question, 4-multiple-choice test with 10 non-polysemous and 10 pairs of polysemous derivational affix targets. The English-course GPA’s and the standardized CEPT scores represented the participants’ English proficiency. It was found that the participants had a fair level of the awareness with greater success on the non-polysemous affixation, and its correlation with the English proficiency was positive. The CEFR levels of vocabulary were claimed a possible factor of success or failure of the selectiveness constraint acquisition.
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ข้อความรู้ใดๆ ตลอดจนข้อคิดเห็นใดๆ เป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านโดยเฉพาะ คณะมนุษยศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยนเรศวร และกองบรรณาธิการวารสารมนุษยศาสตร์ฯ ไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นพ้องด้วย
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