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The Effects of Linguistic Context on Unplanned Discourse: A Study in Interlanguage Variability.
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Makoni, S. B. – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1992
Examines the variable realization of the third person singular -s by Shona learners of English in Zimbabwe. Results reveal little morphological variability among elementary learners and a grammatical variability among intermediate learners that is sensitive to linguistic context and indicative of a tendency to inflect verbs to mark the third…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries