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Demirci, Mahide – Second Language Research, 2000
Investigates the effects of pragmatic principles on the acquisition of the binding of English reflexives by adult Turkish second language (L2) learners. Compares pragmatically-biased and pragmatically-neutral sentences to determine whether pragmatic bias towards a non-local antecedent overrides the parameter setting of English and causes learners…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure