The negative evidence hypothesis: the acquisition of the double-object construction by Brazilian-Portuguese English bilinguals

This study aims to add to the body of evidence regarding the linguistic structures that seem to be more challenging in L2 acquisition than in L1 acquisition (DeKeyser, 2005; Ellis, 2008; Inagaki, 2001; Slabakova, 2014; Sorace, 2011). The Negative Evidence Hypothesis (NEH) (AUTHOR) predicts that bili...

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Main Authors: Cândido Oliveira, Alberto Penzin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2019-10-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/61575