The effect of construction frequency and native transfer on second language knowledge of the syntax-discourse interface

This article investigates knowledge of discourse conditioned left dislocations in the interlanguage competence in Spanish and English L2 learners. While Spanish Clitic Left Dislocation (CLLD) and English Topicalization are functionally very similar, they differ in that the former but not the latter...

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Main Author: Slabakova, Roumyana (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015-05.
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