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Interlanguage Passive Construction
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Simargool, Nirada – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2008
Because the appearance of the passive construction varies cross linguistically, differences exist in the interlanguage (IL) passives attempted by learners of English. One such difference is the widely studied IL pseudo passive, as in "*new cars must keep inside" produced by Chinese speakers. The belief that this is a reflection of L1 language…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Language Classification, Thai, English (Second Language)