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Universals of Word Formation Processes: Noun Incorporation in the Acquisition of Samoan as a Second Language.

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Robinson, Peter – Language Learning, 1994

Examines the influence of a proposed implicational hierarchy and constraints of Universal Grammar on acquisition of noun incorporation processes by 29 adult learners of Samoan, compared to the performance of a control group of 11 native Samoan speakers. Methodology involved reaction time, grammaticality judgment, and response certainty measures.…

Descriptors: Grammatical Acceptability, Lexicology, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages)

The Researcher Gave the Subject a Test about Himself: Problems of Ambiguity and Preference in the Investigation of Reflexive Binding.

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White, Lydia; And Others – Language Learning, 1997

Studies on second-language acquisition of reflexives have experienced difficulties assessing learners' knowledge of the binding principles because of problems associated with ambiguous sentences where there is more than one antecedent for a reflexive. In this study, English-as-a-Second-Language students were tested using a variety of sentence…

Descriptors: Adult Students, Ambiguity, Context Clues, English (Second Language)