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Connors, Kathleen – IRAL, 1988
Uses a quantified version of a syntactic acquisition hierarchy to compare syntactic development in second language learners to that of other components of grammar, particularly inflectional morphology. (CB)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), French, German, Italian
Mirhassani, Akbar – IRAL, 1989
A contrastive analysis clarifies the differences in the formation of English and Persian verbs through examination of language differences in person, tense, phase, aspect, mode, voice, and status. (27 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), English, Persian
Shen, Xianonan Susan – IRAL, 1990
Investigation of native Chinese speakers' acquisition of French suprasegmental features found that the subjects not only perceived the different directions of pitch but also placed them in the right categories, in spite of the differences between the use of pitch in tonal and intonational languages. (34 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Distinctive Features (Language), French, Intonation
