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Direct linkPrevost, Philippe – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
This paper examines the nature of finite and nonfinite main declarative sentences produced by L2 child learners. It claims that two of the main proposals on the root infinitive (RI) phenomenon, the Truncation Hypothesis (TH) and the Missing Surface Inflection Hypothesis (MSIH), are not mutually exclusive in child SLA because they are hypotheses on…
Descriptors: Sentences, Verbs, Morphology (Languages), German
