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Peer reviewedIonin, Tania; Wexler, Kenneth – Second Language Research, 2002
This study of first language Russian children acquiring English as a Second Language investigates the reasons behind omission of verbal inflection in second language (L2) acquisition and argues for presence of functional categories in second language grammar. Shows that child L2 learners, while omitting inflection, almost never produce incorrect…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Research
