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Geranpayeh, Ardeshir – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 2000
It has been argued that the acquisition of the English article system is delayed for most second language (L2) learners until the very final stages of learning. This paper examines the difficulties of the acquisition of this system by Persian speakers. It suggests that no single available theory can account for the causes of the learners' errors,…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)