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Download full textTeeranate, Kittirit; Singhapreecha, Pornsiri – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2022
This study investigated the acquisition of English "control" and "raising" ("over Experiencer") constructions with three groups of Thai EFL learners (lower intermediate, intermediate, and advanced). Thai and English, with respect to "control," commonly have PRO and infinitive markers, but Thai does not…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Direct linkGetz, Heidi R. – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2019
The "wanna" facts are a classic Poverty of Stimulus (PoS) problem: "Wanna" is grammatical in certain contexts ("Who do you want PRO to play with?") but not others ("Who do you want who[strikethrough] to play with you?"). On a standard analysis, "contraction" to "wanna" is blocked by some…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Universals, Grammar, Language Usage
Peer reviewedChavez, Monika M. Th. – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1994
The interaction of rules concerning verb placement and verbal conjugation in the acquisition of German as a foreign language is discussed. A study using constrained written tasks showed that accuracy in verbal conjugation varies by word-order environment and improves in tasks that focus solely on conjunction. Tests are appended. (Contains 49…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries, German, Grammar
