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Peer reviewedLakoff, Robin – Language, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English, Japanese, Language
Peer reviewedBirdsong, David – Language, 1992
In the prevailing view of ultimate attainment in second language acquisition, native competence cannot be achieved by postpubertal learners. This study offers convergent experimental evidence that suggests exceptions to this generalization. (94 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Proficiency, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedYuan, Boping – Language, 1994
Demonstrates that the acquisition of English reflexives by Chinese, Japanese, and Korean learners is not a valid test for parameter resetting in second-language learning, because English reflexives share the same setting as phrasal reflexives in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. (23 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Grammar, Japanese
