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Ivanov, Ivan P. – Second Language Research, 2012
The purpose of this study is to expand the testing ground of the Interface Hypothesis (Sorace, 2006) by investigating the degree to which second language (L2) learners of Bulgarian with English as their first language (L1) had acquired the pragmatic function of clitic doubling as a topicality marker. Advanced and intermediate L2 speakers of…
Descriptors: Slavic Languages, Second Language Learning, Morphemes, Syntax
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Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2011
This study investigates intergroup homogeneity within high intermediate and advanced L2 writers of English from Czech, Finnish, German, and Spanish first language backgrounds. A variety of linguistic features related to lexical sophistication, syntactic complexity, and cohesion were used to compare texts written by L1 speakers of English to L2…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Language Proficiency, Language Enrichment, English (Second Language)