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Peer reviewedKarpf, Annemarie – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1986
In order to show the problem second language learners face when confronted with ambiguity, this article explores the linguistic and metalinguistic strategies used by adult Dutch learners of English. These learners possess the cognitive maturity and metalinguistic skills of native speakers but resemble--in knowledge of English-- children acquiring…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dutch, English (Second Language)
