Implicational Universals and Interrogative Structures in the Interlanguage of ESL Learners.

Eckman, Fred; And Others

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Publication Date: 1989

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Implicational Universals and Interrogative Structures in the Interlanguage of ESL Learners.

Eckman, Fred; And Others

Language Learning, v39 n2 p173-205 Jun 1989

The validity of 2 implicational universals regarding constituent order in questions is tested in the English speech of 14 native speakers of Japanese, Turkish, and Korean. The interlanguage evidence is found to be generally supportive of the 2 universals. (31 references). (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Interlanguage, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Universals, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)

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Language: English

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