Topic Prominence in Japanese EFL Students' Existential Constructions.

Sasaki, Miyuki

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Publication Date: 1990

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Topic Prominence in Japanese EFL Students' Existential Constructions.

Sasaki, Miyuki

Language Learning, v40 n3 p337-68 Sep 1990

Investigations of Japanese speakers' interlanguage constructions of English existential sentences with a locative sentential topic found a general shift from topic-comment to subject-predicate structures as proficiency increased. (24 references) (Author/CB)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interlanguage, Japanese, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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