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Double Objects in Spanish as a Second Language: Acquisition of Morphosyntax and Semantics
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Cuervo, Maria Cristina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
This experimental study on the acquisition of the double-object construction in Spanish as a second language (L2) by a group of first language (L1) English adults investigates the role of Universal Grammar (UG) and its interaction with L1 in two modules of grammar: morphosyntax and semantics. The double-object construction in Spanish differs from…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Morphology (Languages), Syntax, Language Universals
An Interactionist Approach to L2 Sentence Interpretation.
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Gass, Susan M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986
Deals with the issue of sentence processing in a second language (L2) showing how L2 learners resolve the problem of competing factors of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics in the processing of L2 utterances. The results of a study involving sentence interpretation by L2 learners of English are presented. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Interaction