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Peer reviewedRobinson, Peter – Language Learning, 1994
Examines the influence of a proposed implicational hierarchy and constraints of Universal Grammar on acquisition of noun incorporation processes by 29 adult learners of Samoan, compared to the performance of a control group of 11 native Samoan speakers. Methodology involved reaction time, grammaticality judgment, and response certainty measures.…
Descriptors: Grammatical Acceptability, Lexicology, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages)
