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Peer reviewedSchachter, Jacquelyn – Second Language Research, 1990
Examines evidence for the presence or absence of one Universal Grammar principle, subjacency, in the grammars of groups of proficient nonnative (Korean, Chinese, Indonesian, Dutch) speakers of English. Results found that, although all subjects were able to correctly judge grammatical sentences, only the Dutch subjects were able to correctly judge…
Descriptors: Chinese, Dutch, English (Second Language), Grammatical Acceptability
