Making sense of Japanese locative particles : the acquisition of 'ni', 'de' and 'e' by French- and English-speaking learners
This thesis reports findings from a cross-sectional study of the second language (L2) acquisition of the Japanese locative particles 'ni', 'de', and 'e', features that are polysemous, not salient, and can be omitted in informal speech (Aida, 1993). Although each particl...