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Language Processing | 1 |
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Linguistic Theory | 1 |
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Studies in Second Language… | 1 |
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Wode, Henning | 1 |
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Wode, Henning – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1981
Suggests that structural universals between different-based pidgins result from universal linguo-cognitive processing strategies which are employed in learning languages. Some of the strategies occur in all types of acquisition, and others are more applicable to L2 type acquisition. Past research is discussed, and some exemplary data are given.…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory