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Peer reviewedTaha, Abdul Karim – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983
Surveys 12 types of syntactic ambiguity in written English. Gives the structural characteristics, their causes, and ways of resolving the ambiguity for each type. (EKN)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Syntax
Peer reviewedThomaneck, Jurgen K. A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Describes a study that tests whether the sociolinguistic differences observed in essays in German are a carry-over from the native Scottish English. A previous study is described which tested the hypothesis that social class influences linguistic behavior and could be a cause for errors in a foreign language. (AMH)
Descriptors: Adults, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Error Analysis (Language)
