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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
Peer reviewedHeilenman, L. Kathy; McDonald, Janet L. – Language Learning, 1993
The comprehension processing strategies of 15 monolingual English and 8 bilingual French native speakers were compared with those of 112 second-language learners of French, using stimuli containing word order and clitic pronoun cues in French. Results indicated differential dependence on cue use by native speakers. (Contains 97 references.)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Context Clues, French
