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"That"'s Not so Different from "The": Definite and Demonstrative Descriptions in Second Language Acquisition
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Ionin, Tania; Baek, Soondo; Kim, Eunah; Ko, Heejeong; Wexler, Kenneth – Second Language Research, 2012
This article investigates how adult Korean-speaking learners of English interpret English definite descriptions ("the book," "the books") and demonstrative descriptions ("that book," "those books"). Korean lacks articles, but has demonstratives, and it is hypothesized that transfer leads learners to (initially) equate definites with…
Descriptors: Semantics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Korean