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Peer reviewedSingleton, David – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Examines perspectives on language transfer in the light of a body of data regarding a beginning learner of French whose native language was English but who also had some knowledge of Irish, Latin, and Spanish. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, English, Error Patterns, French
PDF pending restorationGartman, Max D. – 1994
An analysis of two French-English business dictionaries, a 1989 revised edition and a 1990 edition, looks at a number of weaknesses in the resources' design and content. First, problems are found in transcriptions of pronunciation that do not reflect actual usage when it differs from convention and in lack of attention to pronunciation of words…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Business Communication, Definitions, Dictionaries
