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Factors Facilitating Implicit Learning: The Case of the Sesotho Passive
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Kline, Melissa; Demuth, Katherine – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2010
Researchers have long debated the mechanisms underlying the learning of syntactic structure. Of significant interest has been the fact that passive constructions appear to be learned earlier in Sesotho than English. This paper provides a comprehensive, quantitative analysis of the passive input Sesotho-speaking children hear, how it differs from…
Descriptors: Syntax, Morphemes, Learning Processes, African Languages