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Peer reviewedFinney, Malcolm A. – Second Language Research, 1997
A study investigated late emergence, in learners of English as a Second Language, of the ability to interpret object gaps in purpose clauses (PCs). Subjects were 34 adult native speakers of French. Results indicate difficulty interpreting only PCs with prepositional object gaps, supporting the hypothesis that syntactically marked construction may…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Differences, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Milroy, Lesley, Ed.; Muysken, Pieter, Ed. – 1995
Fifteen articles review code-switching in the four major areas: policy implications in specific institutional and community settings; perspectives of social theory of code-switching as a form of speech behavior in particular social contexts; the grammatical analysis of code-switching, including factors that constrain switching even within a…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication, Code Switching (Language)
