Language Learner's Extrapolation of Word Order in Micro-Artificial Languages.

Cook, Vivian J.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Language Learner's Extrapolation of Word Order in Micro-Artificial Languages.

Cook, Vivian J.

Language Learning, v38 n4 p497-529 Dec 1988

Describes an experiment with eight Micro-Artificial Languages (MALs) that tested the ability of 409 secondary children learning foreign languages to extrapolate from word order in a verb phrase to word orders in prepositional and noun phrases. Results showed most learners (N=340) to be consistent in ascribing word order and most (N=321) succeeded in learning Micro-Artificial Languages. (38 references) (VL)

Descriptors: Language Tests, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Secondary Education, Transfer of Training, Word Order

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