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Peer reviewedShirai, Yasuhiro – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1990
The relationship between prototype meanings and frequency of use is investigated with a view to establishing a foundation for the problem of "prototype acquisition." One polysemous basic verb, "put," is used in this study of native speaker discourse, and implications for both prototype theory and the acquisition of polysemy are…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Context Clues, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedKlein, Elaine C. – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1993
Discusses the relationship between universal grammar and second language (L2) acquisition. Explores the phenomenon by testing children of contrasting first languages to see whether null-prep is a general acquisition phenomenon among L2 learners of English, and whether child learners, in contrast to adults, produce null-prep because of first…
Descriptors: Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
