Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners
The present study investigates the acquisition of the English double object constructions (GOLDBERG, 1995) by Brazilian learners. We hypothesize that, due to first language (L1) influences, the prepositional ditransitive construction (John gave a book to Mary) will be acquired earlier, while the dit...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
2013-08-01
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| Series: | Alfa: Revista de Lingüística |
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| Online Access: | http://seer.fclar.unesp.br/alfa/article/view/5291/4673 |