Markedness and Second Language Acquisition: The Question of Transfer.

White, Lydia

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Publication Date: 1987

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Markedness and Second Language Acquisition: The Question of Transfer.

White, Lydia

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v9 n3 p261-85 Oct 1987

Discusses various definitions of markedness in terms of second language acquisition and describes a study testing one such definition which found that second language learners did not accept preposition stranding in the second language but did accept double object construction and suggested that transfer took place only with one of two marked structures. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: English, French, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Syntax

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Language: English

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