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Chiu-ming, Li – English Language Teaching Journal, 1982
Explores use of phrase 'taken for granted' including 'accept as true' and 'to fail to give subject's due.' Suggests latter usage has been noticed by few dictionary compilers, and EFL learners find it difficult to use and understand. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: English, Grammar, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning

Lepetit, Daniel – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1985
A study of the order of acquisition and fossilization of several French forms by anglophone students focused on the intonative aspect of interlanguage and the transfer of learning from one language to another. (MSE)
Descriptors: French, Interlanguage, Intonation, Language Research