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Direct linkAngelis, Gessica De – Language Learning, 2005
This study investigated the use of nonnative function words in the written production of learners of Italian as a third or fourth language with English, Spanish, or French as native or nonnative languages. Results show the frequent use of the French subject pronoun il (he) in learners' texts. The rate of subject insertion and omission was thus…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Interlanguage, Transfer of Training
Mintz, Toben H. – Developmental Psychology, 2005
Two hundred forty English-speaking toddlers (24- and 36-month-olds) heard novel adjectives applied to familiar objects (Experiment 1) and novel objects (Experiment 2). Children were successful in mapping adjectives to target properties only when information provided by the noun, in conjunction with participants' knowledge of the objects, provided…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Pragmatics, Nouns, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
