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Peer reviewedRutherford, William E. – Language Learning, 1984
Discusses the current approaches to interlanguage syntax, focusing on the goal of finding consistency and pattern in syntactic variation. Some themes contributing to descriptive approaches include: the transition from morphosyntax acquisition studies to those of more complex syntax, the emergence of syntax from discourse, explicitness, and the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Grammar, Interlanguage


