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Second Language Users' Restriction of Linguistic Generalization Errors: The Case of English "Un-" Prefixation Development

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Zhang, Xiaopeng – Language Learning, 2017

This study adopted Ambridge's research paradigm to examine the effects of entrenchment, preemption, and verb semantics in second language (L2) acquisition of English "un-" prefixation. Three groups of Chinese learners of English (second- and fourth-year English majors and teachers of English) rated the acceptability of 48 "un-"…

Descriptors: Generalization, Error Analysis (Language), Linguistic Performance, Language Styles

Empirical Investigations of Indirectly Conveyed Meaning: Assertion versus Presupposition in First and Second Language Acquisition.

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Carrell, Patricia L. – Language Learning, 1977

The theoretical linguistic distinction between assertion and presupposition was empirically tested with two groups of subjects, young children acquiring English as their first language and adults acquiring English as a second language. (Author)

Descriptors: Adult Students, Child Language, English, English (Second Language)