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Transitivity Alternations and Sequence Learning: Insights from L2 Spanish Production Data
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Zyzik, Eve – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2006
This article examines alternating verbs (such as "quemar"(se) "to burn") in second language (L2) Spanish by considering the learnability problem from a sequence learning perspective (N. Ellis, 1996, 2002). In Spanish, verbs of the alternating class are obligatorily marked with the clitic "se" in their intransitive form. Errors of omission among…
Descriptors: Verbs, Syntax, Familiarity, Second Language Learning