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Semantics-Syntax Correspondences in Second Language Acquisition.

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Juffs, Alan – Second Language Research, 1996

Examines knowledge of semantics-syntax correspondences in second-language acquisition (SLA) within the Principles and Parameters framework. A parameter of semantic structure is used to investigate change of state locatives and "psychological" verbs. Results indicate that for some learners, first-language influence persists until advanced stages of…

Descriptors: Adult Students, Chinese, Dictionaries, English (Second Language)

Empirical Investigations of Indirectly Conveyed Meaning: Assertion versus Presupposition in First and Second Language Acquisition.

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Carrell, Patricia L. – Language Learning, 1977

The theoretical linguistic distinction between assertion and presupposition was empirically tested with two groups of subjects, young children acquiring English as their first language and adults acquiring English as a second language. (Author)

Descriptors: Adult Students, Child Language, English, English (Second Language)