Syntactic Optionality in Non-Native Grammars.

Sorace, Antonella

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ERIC Number: EJ603527

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Syntactic Optionality in Non-Native Grammars.

Sorace, Antonella

Second Language Research, v16 n2 p93-102 Apr 2000

Discusses syntactic optionality, the coexistence within an individual grammar of two or more variants of a given construction that make use of the same lexical resources and express the same meaning. Focus is on syntactic optionality in second language grammars. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Syntax

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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