Silence is difficult: On missing elements in bilingual grammars

Near-native speakers (heritage speakers and adult second language learners alike) experience difficulty in interpreting and producing linguistic constructions that contain morphologically null elements. We dub this phenomenon the Silent Problem. The bulk of literature on the Silent Problem in near...

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Main Authors: Laleko Oksana, Polinsky Maria
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: De Gruyter 2017-06-01
Series:Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/zfs-2017-0007