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Morphological Errors in Spanish Second Language Learners and Heritage Speakers
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Montrul, Silvina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2011
Morphological variability and the source of these errors have been intensely debated in SLA. A recurrent finding is that postpuberty second language (L2) learners often omit or use the wrong affix for nominal and verbal inflections in oral production but less so in written tasks. According to the missing surface inflection hypothesis, L2 learners…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Learning, Heritage Education