(Mis)construing Null Prepositions in L2 Intergrammars: A Commentary and Proposal.

Klein, Elaine C.

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ERIC Number: EJ623361

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Publication Date: 2001

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(Mis)construing Null Prepositions in L2 Intergrammars: A Commentary and Proposal.

Klein, Elaine C.

Second Language Research, v17 n1 p37-70 Jan 2001

Discusses the "null prep phenomenon" reported in studies of the second language (L2) development of extraction constructions. Reviews a proposal that null prep grammars represent a generalized procedure in L2 development, that of early reliance on A-bar binding construals when the target grammar requires wh-movement. Offers an alternative analysis. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Grammar, Interlanguage, Linguistic Theory, Prepositions, Second Language Learning, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)

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Language: English

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