Variable Rules in the Acquisition of English Contractions.

Odlin, Terence M.

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Variable Rules in the Acquisition of English Contractions.

Odlin, Terence M.

TESOL Quarterly, v12 n4 p451-58 Dec 1978

This article summarizes a study (Odlin 1978) using variable rules analyses to describe the contraction patterns of six Mexican students of English as a second language. (CFM)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Students, English (Second Language), Grammar, Interlanguage, Language Patterns, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Learning Processes, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Structural Analysis

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Language: English

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