The Acquisition of Word Order in Dutch and German as L1 and L2.

Jordens, Peter

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Acquisition of Word Order in Dutch and German as L1 and L2.

Jordens, Peter

Second Language Research, v4 n1 p41-65 Jun 1988

Argues that children's OV utterances cannot be related transformationally to VO utterances because children initially acquire OV and VO with different sets of verbs, and also argues that L2 acquisition data can be accounted for within a model of L1 structural transfer, without requiring adult learner access to Universal Grammar. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Afrikaans, Dutch, Error Analysis (Language), German, Interlanguage, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Second Language Learning, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Syntax, Transfer of Training, Transformational Generative Grammar, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Verbs, Word Order

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Language: English

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