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Connors, Kathleen – IRAL, 1988
Uses a quantified version of a syntactic acquisition hierarchy to compare syntactic development in second language learners to that of other components of grammar, particularly inflectional morphology. (CB)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), French, German, Italian
Pavesi, Maria – IRAL, 1998
Compares conversion, a morphological process by which a word formed without explicit derivational mark, to phenomenon of multifunctionality; discusses with reference to alternative label of zero-derivation and directonality. Drawing on English and Italian second-language acquisition data, study shows process is productive from initial stages of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Italian, Language Research
