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Download full textBudge, Carol – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1989
A study investigated patterns in plural marking in the English spoken in Hong Kong, largely as a second language. It focused on the effect of three types of prenominal morphemes: (1) those that are neutral with respect to plurality (e.g., "other, certain"); (2) modifiers indicating the noun should be marked for plural (e.g., "one of…
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
