Affix Acquisition Order in Serbian EFL Learners

Danilović, Jelena; Savić, Jovana Dimitrijević; Dimitrijević, Marta

doi:10.2478/rjes-2013-0006

Abstract

Given that affix knowledge plays a vital role in the development of L1/L2 knowledge, the aim of this paper is to explore Mochizuki and Aizawa’s (2000) notion about the order of affix acquisition in the Serbian EFL context. We will attempt to analyze correlations between the EFL learners’ vocabulary size and their affix knowledge and postulate the order of affix acquisition.

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Affix Acquisition Order in Serbian EFL Learners

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