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Evidence of Lexical Transfer in Learner Syntax: The Acquisition of English Causatives by Speakers of Hindi-Urdu and Vietnamese.

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Helms-Park, Rena – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2001

Reports the findings of a study in which transfer of verb properties was investigated via syntactic data elicited from second language learners. The performance of Hindi-Urdu speakers on tests of English causatives was compared with that of Vietnamese speakers, because there are five significant differences between causativization patterns in…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Hindi, Language Patterns

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Blue, George, Ed. – 1994

This third volume by the Centre for Language in Education (CLE) is intended to bring together a number of concerns currently under review at the Centre. Articles in this issue include: "Managing Open Learning" (Vicky Wright); "Self-Assessment of Foreign Language Skills: Does It Work?" (George Blue); "Language Awareness and…

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)