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Peer reviewedMcGinnis, Scott – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1988
Discusses the treatment of Chinese word order in major theoretical works, reference grammars, and textbooks. Guidelines for teachers to give first year students include: 1)predominant Chinese word order is SVO; 2) SOV and OSV word orders are permissible but used for contrastive purposes; and 3) only certain forms are permissible for SOV and OSV.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Typology, Language Universals, Literature Reviews
Chellappan, K. – International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, 1981
This paper focuses on the mechanism by which the successful learner acquires a second language. The author postulates a core language, the common core of the speaker's native and target languages, and states that the second language becomes an extension of this common core. Whatever language-specific features are added while acquiring the second…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dravidian Languages, French
