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Major, Roy C. – IRAL, 1995
This paper explores the relationship of underlying phonological representations in nonnative speakers to their surface representations. (37 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Styles, Morphology (Languages), Native Speakers
Ravem, Roar – IRAL, 1968
This report discusses a study of a Norwegian six-year-old child's acquisition of English syntax in a second language environment. Interrogative and negative sentences which require periphrasis with "do" are the forms considered in the analysis. Although the formal aim of the study is limited to an effort at discovering more about developmental…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, English (Second Language), Interference (Language)
Hussein, Riyad Fayez; Shorrab, Ghazi A. – IRAL, 1993
The notion of code-switching among Arabic-English bilinguals is examined. Various syntactic constraints are delineated that govern this phenomenon, the susceptibility of particular sentence constituents to switching, and the determination of the matrix language in their linguistic performance. (Contains 10 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Arabic, Bilingual Students, Code Switching (Language)