NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
De Cuypere, Ludovic; Verbeke, Saartje – World Englishes, 2013
The dative alternation refers to the alternation between two constructions that denote some type of transfer: the double object construction ("I give my sister a book") vs. the to-dative construction ("I give a book to my sister"). We examined the motivations behind the dative alternation in Indian English. A corpus study was…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Sentence Structure, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ritchie, William C. – World Englishes, 1986
Proposes that the study of basilectal and acrolectal Singapore English can contribute to a better understanding of second language acquisition and use, emphasizing the operation of the monitor and specifications of the hierarchy of difficulty in the acquisition of syntactic structures. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Correlation, Dialect Studies, Difficulty Level