To Inflect or Not to Inflect Is the Question Indeed: Infinitives in Second Language (L2) Portuguese

In light of the predictions of two competing approaches to adult L2 acquisition – Full Access (FA) (e.g., White 1989, 2003; Schwartz & Sprouse 1996) and Failed Features (FF) (e.g., Hawkins & Chan 1997; Liceras & Díaz, 1999) – the present study examines the acquisition of inflected infini...

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Main Authors: Jason Rothman, Michael Iverson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2007-12-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Online Access:http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/138