These Constructions Don’t Acquire Easily: Middle Constructions and Multicompetence

Abstract The multicompetence hypothesis (Cook, 1991, 1992, 1993) raises two related questions: (1) whether very advanced L2 learners have the same intuitions of grammaticality as native speakers; and (2) whether differences between these learners and native speakers are due to the two grammars in...

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Main Author: Patricia Balcom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Carleton University 1999-12-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics
Online Access:https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/CJAL/article/view/19813