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Peer reviewedHirakawa, Makiko – Second Language Research, 1990
Reports on an experimental study that was conducted to examine how native speakers of Japanese acquire syntactic properties of English reflexive pronouns. In particular, the effects of two parameters of Universal Grammar, the Governing Category Parameter, and the Proper Antecedent Parameter were studied. (AUTHOR/GLR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Japanese, Native Speakers
