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The Role of "Is" in the Acquisition of Finiteness by Adult Turkish Learners of Dutch
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van de Craats, Ineke – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2009
This article deals with the interlanguage of adult second language (L2) learners acquiring finiteness. Due to the inaccessibility of bound inflectional morphology, learners use free morphology to mark a syntactic relationship as well as person and number features separately from the thematic verb, expressed by a pattern like "the man is go".…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphology (Languages), Indo European Languages, Interlanguage
The Survival of Inflectional Morphology in French-Related Creoles: The Role of SLA Processes
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Becker, Angelika; Veenstra, Tonjes – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
In traditional classifications of languages by inflectional subsystems, both creole languages and the results of untutored SLA (interlanguages) are classified as isolating. We focus on remnants of verbal inflectional morphology in French-related creoles and ask: (a) Can the properties of verbal morphology be attributed to SLA, and (b) what does…
Descriptors: Creoles, Verbs, Morphology (Languages), French
Transitivity Alternations in L2 Acquisition: Toward a Modular View of Transfer.
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Montrul, Silvina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2000
This experimental study on English, Spanish, and Turkish as second languages investigates the interaction of universal principles and first language knowledge in interlanguage grammars by focusing on verbs that participate in the causative/inchoative alternation. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English, Interlanguage, Language Universals, Second Language Instruction
Transfer in SLA and Creoles: The Implications of Causative Serial Verbs in the Interlanguage of Vietnamese ESL Learners
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Helms-Park, Rena – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
This paper presents a study that attributes verb serialization in the interlanguage of Vietnamese-speaking ESL learners to language transfer and, furthermore, puts forward the view that such transfer bears a resemblance to substrate influence in creoles with serial verb constructions (SVCs). In a task that elicited English causatives through…
Descriptors: Creoles, Verbs, Interlanguage, Linguistic Input
The Expression of Temporality in Basilang Speech.
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Schumann, John H. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Examines the expression of temporality in the basilang speech (the earliest stage of second language development) of five adult subjects. Temporality is studied from three perspectives: morphology, semantics, and pragmatics. The taxonomy provided by the pragmatic analysis best captures the expression of time at this level of interlanguage…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adverbs, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Interlanguage Variability in Narrative Discourse: Style Shifting in the Use of the Past Tense.
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Ellis, Rod – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Examines style shifting in the use of three past tense morphemes by 17 intermediate learners of English as a second language. Style shifting is explored within a single discourse mode--narrative--according to the amount of time made available. Data were collected under three conditions: (1) planned writing; (2) planned speech; and (3) unplanned…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Lexical Constraints on Syntactic Acquisition.
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Ard, Josh; Gass, Susan M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Data from responses to a grammaticality judgement test by 26 learners of English as a second language at two proficiency levels were used to investigate syntactic acquisition. Four syntactic structures were examined. Results suggest that less proficient subjects use syntactic strategies, while more proficient learners use semantic-based…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammatical Acceptability, Higher Education, Interlanguage