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Dekydtspotter, Laurent; Sprouse, Rex A.; Swanson, Kimberly A. B. – Language Acquisition, 2001
Presents the results of an empirical study of the interpretation of left branch "combien" (how many) extractions in English-French interlanguage. Results show that knowledge of the interpretation of left-branch "combien" extraction is detectable in English-French interlanguage. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adults, English, French, Interlanguage

Gass, Susan M. – Second Language Research, 2001
Examines sentence matching, a methodology frequently used in the second language literature to determine notions of grammaticality of nonnative speakers. Native speakers of French and second language learners of French performed a sentence-matching task focusing on three areas of French grammar: adverb placement, subject-verb agreement, and…
Descriptors: Adverbs, French, Grammar, Language Research