Syntax, Semantics, and SLA: The Convergence of Possessive and Existential Constructions.

Duff, Patricia A.

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Publication Date: 1993

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Syntax, Semantics, and SLA: The Convergence of Possessive and Existential Constructions.

Duff, Patricia A.

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v15 n1 p1-34 Mar 1993

Analyzed longitudinal data from 28-year-old Cambodian man who, despite instruction in English-as-Second-Language and residence in English-speaking community, used form "has" for both possessives (PO) and existentials (EX). Shared semantic properties of PO/EX, together with syntactic, pragmatic, perceptual characteristics of native language, interlanguage, second-language constructions, make this overlap transferable. Coded features and excerpts that illustrate developmental trends are appended. (Author)

Descriptors: Cambodian, English (Second Language), Morphology (Languages), Second Language Learning, Semantics, Syntax, Transfer of Training, Uncommonly Taught Languages

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Language: English

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