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Peer reviewedCook, Vivian J. – Language Learning, 1988
Describes an experiment with eight Micro-Artificial Languages (MALs) that tested the ability of 409 secondary children learning foreign languages to extrapolate from word order in a verb phrase to word orders in prepositional and noun phrases. Results showed most learners (N=340) to be consistent in ascribing word order and most (N=321) succeeded…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education
