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The Role of L1 Transfer in the Interpretation of Articles with Definite Plurals in L2 English
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Ionin, Tania; Montrul, Silvina – Language Learning, 2010
This study examines second language (L2) acquisition of the interpretation of plural noun phrases. Languages with articles differ in whether they use bare plurals (English) or definite plurals (Spanish) to express generic interpretation (Chierchia, 1998; Dayal, 2004; among others). It is hypothesized that Spanish-speaking learners of English…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Languages, English, Spanish