Japanese Learners' Acquisition of the Locality Requirement of English Reflexives: Evidence for Retreat from Overgeneralization.

Matsumura, Masanori

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ERIC Number: EJ481602

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Publication Date: 1994

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Japanese Learners' Acquisition of the Locality Requirement of English Reflexives: Evidence for Retreat from Overgeneralization.

Matsumura, Masanori

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v16 n1 p19-42 Mar 1994

In a study of binding relations of reflexive anaphors, it is suggested that a nonsyntactic aspect of language plays a role; i.e., viewpoint in sentence processing. This notion may help specify the type of evidence that can trigger learners' progress in the acquisition of the English reflexive. (Contains 33 references.) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Japanese, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure, Structural Grammar

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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