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Acquisition of the Constraints on "Wanna" Contraction by Advanced Second Language Learners: Universal Grammar and Imperfect Knowledge
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Kweon, Soo-Ok; Bley-Vroman, Robert – Second Language Research, 2011
Contraction of "want to" to "wanna" is subject to constraints that have been related to the operation of Universal Grammar. Contraction appears to be blocked when the trace of an extracted "wh"-word intervenes. Evidence for knowledge of these constraints by young English-speaking children has been taken to show the operation of Universal Grammar…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grammar