Interlanguage Analysis of the English Article System: Some Cognitive Constraints Facing the Japanese Adult Learners.

Mizuno, Mitsuharu

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Publication Date: 1999

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Interlanguage Analysis of the English Article System: Some Cognitive Constraints Facing the Japanese Adult Learners.

Mizuno, Mitsuharu

IRAL, v37 n2 p127-52 May 1999

Discusses how second-language learners whose first languages contain an article system differ in their acquisition of English articles from learners whose first languages do not contain such a system. Reviews the approach of Mizuno's (1988) interlanguage analysis for uncovering the process in second-language acquisition, and summarizes findings of Mizuno (1986) with respect to article errors in English among adult learners in Japan. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: College Students, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interlanguage, Japanese, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Japan

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