Nouns of Greek origin ending in-a, often-ma, are nearly always masculine. Most of these words have Englishcognates. el problema(problem) el drama(drama) el poema(poem) el tema(subject) Nouns ending in an accented vowel are usually masculine. el sofá(sofa) el tabú(taboo) el rubí(ruby...
A s f or the L 1 ro le in L 2 expression.stu dies h ave dem onstrated a facilitativ e ef fect in L 2 v ocabu lary acquisition when L1 and L2 share a large number of cognates (Ard & Hombury,1983;Hasselgren,1994; Gollan,Forster,& Frost,1 997) or homographs (Y .Y .ZHU,...