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Prototypicality and frequency in teaching verbal prefixation

Previous research dealing with verbal prefixation in contexts of learning Croatian as a second and foreign language (CL2) has shown that the acquisition of prefixed verbs is influenced by the fact whether a verbal prefix has a cognate preposition or not and, if it has, how often are prefixed verbs formed by that verbal prefix followed by the cognate preposition. Furthermore, based on the previous research an assumption emerged that there is a correlation between the meaning of a prefixed verb and the complexity of the semantic network of the verbal prefix used, as well as with the frequency of the verbal prefix used and the frequency of the prefixed verb itself. This research seeks to put to test these assumptions, as well as several other closely related ones, by investigating the attainment of prefixed verbs among CL2 learners at B2 and C1 level of language proficiency. The results of this research will benefit to the development of more efficient approach to teaching verbal prefixation in context of CL2.

verbal prefixation, attainment of prefixed verbs, Croatian as L2

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