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Kellerman, Eric; Yoshioka, Kaoru – Second Language Research, 1999
Responds to Kanno's article (see FL 528 536), which described studies of adult American learners of Japanese and their knowledge of two universal grammar (UG) principles and noted various lateral inconsistencies. This commentary suggests that another form of lateral inconsistency, arising from failure to replicate Kanno's findings in another adult…
Descriptors: Adults, Grammar, Japanese, Language Universals