<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper will explore the issue of similar lexical forms (Laufer 1991) as a potential problem in vocabulary acquisition of Serbian EFL learners. Building on previous research (Kocić 2008), we collected data from two groups of undergraduate students at the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac (lower- and upper-intermediate), and attempted to identify the factors that contribute to synform confusions.</p></abstract>

This paper will explore the issue of similar lexical forms (Laufer 1991) as a potential problem in vocabulary acquisition of Serbian EFL learners. Building on previous research (Kocić 2008), we collected data from two groups of undergraduate students at the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac (lower- and upper-intermediate), and attempted to identify the factors that contribute to synform confusions.

The Problem of Synforms in Serbian Efl Learners Revisited

Faculty of Philology and Arts, University of Kragujevac

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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This paper will explore the issue of similar lexical forms (Laufer 1991) as a potential problem in vocabulary acquisition of Serbian EFL learners. Building on...

The Problem of Synforms in Serbian Efl Learners Revisited

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 244 - 254

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0028

Keywords
lexical confusions, L2 acquisition, synforms, vocabulary learning

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Problem of Synforms in Serbian Efl Learners Revisited

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 244 - 254

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0028

Keywordslexical confusions, L2 acquisition, synforms, vocabulary learning

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
lexical confusions, L2 acquisition, synforms, vocabulary learning