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Al-Alami, Suhair. "Utilising fiction to promote English language acquisition." Thesis, Aston University, 2012. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/18726/.

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Towards the end of the university stage, students residing in the United Arab Emirates and specialising in subjects other than English are expected- amongst other university requirements- to have acquired adequate communicative competence as well as a repertoire of critical thinking skills. Despite the efforts made within the field of teaching English to EFL university students in the country, the output gained in terms of acquired skills and competencies is still below expectations. The main concerns of the current thesis are, therefore, a) to investigate the factors which inhibit EFL univers

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Chiu, Lai-wan Hazel. "Consciousness-raising and the acquisition of grammar." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21161823.

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Gardner, Eliza Racquel. "Language Acquisition with English Language Learners Who Have Developmental Delays." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6725.

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The current study examined the effects of language instruction with two preschool age students who are English language learners who have developmental delays using the incidental teaching method. Language targets were randomly chosen according to the language level of each student and the targets were either in Spanish (L1) or English (L2). The students were in a special education classroom and researchers worked with them one-on-one, using the natural learning environment to teach and to better implement learning objectives. Targets were withheld during play and students had to mand, tact, o

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Parrilla, Larissa Karina. "Multimedia Technologies' Influence on Language Acquisition in English Language Learners." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2682.

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English as a Second Language (ESL) learners at the upper elementary level have struggled to demonstrate the vocabulary required to read in English at grade-level. Although multimedia technologies have demonstrated positive effects as language acquisition educational tools at the university level, it remains unclear how useful they are for language acquisition at the elementary level. This quasi-experimental study used dual coding theory as a framework to examine the relationship between the level of reading comprehension upper elementary students developed and their construction of word meanin

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Jakielski, Kathy Jo. "Motor organization in the acquisition of consonant clusters /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Itani-Adams, Yuki. "One child, two languages : bilingual first language acquisition in Japanese and English." Thesis, View thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/28484.

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This is the first Japanese-English Bilingual First Language Acquisition (BFLA) longitudinal study carried out within the framework of Processability Theory (PT) (Pienemann, 1998a). The informant of this study is Hannah, who was raised in Australia in a one-parent one-language environment from birth. Hannah’s speech production in each language was collected in a language-specific setting with different interlocutors (i.e., Japanese with the Japanese-speaking mother and English with the English-speaking father), from the time she was 1; 11 (one year and eleven months) until she was 4;10. This st

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Itani-Adams, Yuki. "One child, two languages bilingual first language acquisition in Japanese and English /." View thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/28484.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2007.<br>A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, School of Humanities and Languages, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Includes bibliographies.

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Mohamed, Ayman Ahmed Abdelsamie Larson-Hall Jenifer. "Investigating incidental vocabulary acquisition in ESL conversation classes." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12165.

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Yam, Pui Suen Josephine. "The acquisition of English consonant clusters by Hong Kong learners." access full-text online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2005. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3203176.

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Lawrence, Tracee Ann Lang Adler Susan A. "First language literacy and second language reading." Diss., UMK access, 2005.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--School of Education. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2005.<br>"A dissertation in curriculum and instructional leadership." Advisor: Susan Adler. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed June 23, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-125 ). Online version of the print edition.

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Hsieh, Fang-Yen. "Relative clause acquisition in second language Chinese and second language English." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709395.

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Vilkaitė, Laura. "Formulaic language : distribution, processing, and acquisition." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35442/.

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Formulaic sequences are very frequently used in language as a preferred way to convey certain meanings. This thesis looks at distribution, processing, and incidental acquisition of formulaic sequences, by presenting four separate studies on different aspects of formulaicity. Study 1 investigated the distribution of four different categories of formulaic sequences (collocations, idiomatic phrases, lexical bundles, and phrasal verbs) and showed that those four categories vary considerably in terms of frequency. Also, register seems to affect the number of formulaic sequences used, as well as the

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Davy, Belinda. "A cognitive-semantic approach to the acquisition of English prepositions /." view abstract or download file of text, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9998029.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2000.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 281-296). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users. Address: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9998029.

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So, Pui-kwan. "The acquisition of English passives by Cantonese ESL learners." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31571773.

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Strikis, Liena A. "The effects of orthography and phonology on vocabulary acquisition /." Connect to online version, 2006. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2006/179.pdf.

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Caissie, Roland. "English verb phrase grammar prototypes for speakers of other languages : a cognitive approach to facilitate second language English composition /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9351.

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Kim, Shin-hye. "The acquisition of tense and aspect by Korean and Chinese learners of English /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Son, Sun Ah. "The acquisition of English obstruents by Korean speakers of English as a second language /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 1.04Mb, 235 p, 2005. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3182629.

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Hart-Rawung, Pornpimon, and n/a. "Internationalising English language education in Thailand: English language program for Thai engineers." RMIT University. Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, 2008. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090715.100731.

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This current research study is an outcome of the global expansion of English into the business world, the vigorous growth of the research in the area of English language acquisition as a second language and a global language, as well as of the researcher's passionate ESP teaching experience to university engineering students, and her pro-active engagement with Thai automotive engineers in the multi-national companies. Through investigating the English language learning and working experience of Thai automotive engineers, pictures about their needs on English language communication in the workp

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Iyer, Gowri Krovi. "Cross-linguistic studies of lexical access and processing in monolingual English and bilingual Hindī-English speakers." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to SDSU campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3237601.

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Swanson, Kimberly Anne Bankart. "Acquisition versus suppression of phonological processes in the second language acquisition of French and English." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3243793.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Depts. of French & Italian and Linguistics, 2007.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Nov. 17, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-12, Section: A, page: 4529. Advisers: Daniel A. Dinnsen; Albert Valdman.

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Mpoche, Kizitus Nformi. "Anaphors in English and Limbum : acquisition of English as a second language." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.614737.

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Law, Mei-han Crystal. "The acquisition of English subject-verb agreement by Cantonese speakers." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31627766.

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Wennerstrom, Ann K. "Discourse intonation and second language acquisition : three genre-based studies /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9493.

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Moss, Linda Macrae. "Benefits of school band programs on English language acquisition among English language learners| A quantitative study." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3572954.

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<p> Immigrant and refugee students who have been entering the United States have a pressing challenge and that challenge is the learning and comprehension of the English language. School administration and faculty have struggled to meet the needs of immigrant and refugee students in urban schools. The purpose of the quantitative correlational study was to test the hypothesis that sixth, seventh, and eighth grade immigrant and refugee band students scored higher on the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test than did junior high immigrant and refugee non-band students in the reading

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Tracy, Anna Marie. "Analysis of ESL teacher endorsement effects on English language learners' student achievement and English language acquisition." Lexington, Ky. : [University of Kentucky Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10225/1027.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Kentucky, 2009.<br>Title from document title page (viewed on August 3, 2009). Document formatted into pages; contains: iv, 156 p. : ill. Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-153).

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Hoffmann, Leatrice Neves. "An accelerative psycholinguistic aproach to second language acquisition applied to english language." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 1990. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/157638.

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Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Comunicação e Expressão<br>Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-08T16:45:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 81455.pdf: 2415574 bytes, checksum: 199d8ba8fdc459f824c28982ea1ef387 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1990<br>Trata de uma abordagem psicolingüística para o ensino/aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras. Através de estudos lingüísticos e teorias cognitivas, um modelo simplificado foi desenvolvido para acelerar a aquisição da língua inglesa através do ensino das estruturas verbais. Neste estudo o modelo foi testado através d

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Groot, Ingeborg. "Note-taking in English as a second language acquisition." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/770936.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe several aspects of English as a second language (ESL) note-taking in response to lectures. The objective of this study was to analyze note-taking production. In addition, the study had hoped to trace note-taking progress as it correlated with language proficiency progress, but due to circumstances beyond the control of the researcher this idea had to be abandoned. Instead, the study focused on the first six weeks of a learner's academic semester in the target language.The researcher observed twenty students in order to obtain insights i

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Urponen, Marja Inkeri. "Ultimate attainment in postpuberty second language acquisition." Thesis, Boston University, 2004. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/32846.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University<br>PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.<br>The study examined ultimate attainment m postpuberty second language acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis as an explanation for non-nativeness. A grammaticality judgment task acted as an assessment

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Anttila, J. (Juha). "Language acquisition and linguistic requirements in peacekeeping:a case study." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2013. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201305201318.

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This study looks into the ways language acquisition is presented in peacekeeping and what are the linguistic requirements for working in a peacekeeping organization. The study also provides some possibilities for the results to be used by the peacekeeping organization in planning and organizing the language training of future peacekeepers in order to meet the linguistic requirements of peacekeeping more efficiently. The data mainly consists of recordings gathered during and after two separate tours of duty in peacekeeping work in Afghanistan. The gathered data was first assessed according to t

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Dimitrova, Vesela Dimitrova. "Prosodic parameters in multilingual acquisition of English." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198801.

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Bilingual and multilingual research has mainly focused on segmental phonology, vocabulary and syntactic structures. The acquisition of native-like prosodic patterns has often been taken for granted. A study of prosodic features is particularly relevant since many children born into families of non-native speakers acquire English as a first or second language alongside the family or local language. Previous research has mainly identified general trends and found that children as a group are mainly accurate in their comprehension or production, but few studies have tried to go into detail and ex

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Gordon, Leslie S. "Factors affecting English speakers' perception of L2 Spanish vowels." Connect to Electronic Thesis (ProQuest) Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2008. http://worldcat.org/oclc/436442802/viewonline.

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Nguyen, Thi Anh Thu. "Prosodic transfer : the tonal constraints of Vietnamese acquisition of English stress & rhythm /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17668.pdf.

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Hirakawa, Makiko. "Linguistic theory and second language acquisition : the acquisition of English reflexives by native speakers of Japanese." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=55607.

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Mills, Robin. "Acquisition of English in and out of school : Comparing bilingual and trilingual student's acquisition of the English language." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-41072.

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The English language has a great influence on Swedish culture. Swedish students learn English in school, listen to music in English and watch movies where English is spoken. As the importance of English increases the number of students who already speak a second language also increases. Therefore, the objective of this essay is to compare bilingual and trilingual students in their English acquisition and establish which differences that can be found between these two groups of students. The results showed that even if the students media consumption did not differ, the bilingual students were e

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Kwok, Wing-ki Judy. "The relationship between students' self-monitoring and performance on oral tasks." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21160740.

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Guerriero, A. M. Sonia (Antonia Michela Sonia). "The acquisition of deictic feminine third-person pronouns /." Thesis, McGill University, 1998. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21216.

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This thesis investigated how a third-born female child acquired the deictic meaning of feminine third-person pronouns in English. The child began producing feminine third-person pronouns at 24 months of age and made few production errors. In contrast, she made systematic comprehension errors between 24 and 36 months of age and did not master the correct comprehension until 40 months of age. Analysis of the child's person errors indicated that she held the proper name interpretation that the feminine third-person pronoun her referred to herself. In production, however, the child rarely called h

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Barlow, John Stephen. "Intonation and second language acquisition : a study of the acquisition of English intonation by speakers of other languages." Thesis, University of Hull, 1998. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3873.

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In the field of second language acquisition (SLA) research, the study of intonation, and prosodic systems generally, suffers from a considerable under-representation.This has far-reaching consequences. From the large body of empirical work on various aspects of SLA over the last three decades, a great deal has been turned to pedagogical use. Indeed, the field of SLA is closely linked to that of language pedagogy, as the dual acquisition theoretical and pedagogical character of many current journals and conferences shows.However, the mutually nourishing relationship between SLA research and lan

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Hahn, Sara Leigh-Anne. "Developing the English language vocabulary of native Korean-speaking students through guided language acquisition design /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10221.

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Chiu, Chia-Hui. "Semantic development in ESL vocabulary acquisition." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2006. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3247996.

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Koylu, Yilmaz. "Acquisition Of English Reflexives By Turkish L2 Learners Of English." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611909/index.pdf.

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This M.A. thesis investigates the L2 acquisition of binding properties of English reflexives by Turkish L2 learners to address the issue of UG availability in L2 grammar. 140 Turkish L2 learners of English (67 elementary, 73 upper) participated in this study. They were all students at the Department of Basic English, Middle East Technical University. In addition, in the control group, there were 8 native speakers of English. A grammaticality judgment task and a story-based truth-value judgment task were used to examine whether the L2 grammars of the Turkish learners of English

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Sulima, Krystyna. "Acquisition of Polish nasal vowel syllables by native English speakers /." View abstract, 2000. http://library.ctstateu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/1601.html.

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Thesis (M.S .)--Central Connecticut State University, 2000.<br>Thesis advisor: Andrea G. Osburne. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in TESOL." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-104).

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Juffs, Alan. "Learnability and the lexicon in second language acquisition : Chinese learners' acquisition of English argument structure." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=41626.

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This thesis investigates the knowledge of semantics-syntax correspondences in second language acquisition (SLA) within the Principles and Parameters framework. A parameter of semantic structure is proposed to account for crosslinguistic syntactic differences between two previously unrelated, and superficially distinct, verb classes: change of state locatives and 'psychological' verbs. Chinese and English contrast in terms of the parameter setting. Experimental evidence indicates that adult Chinese learners of English L2 initially transfer parameter settings, but are able to reset the proposed

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Callies, Marcus. "Information highlighting in advanced learner English : the syntax-pragmatics interface in second language acquisition /." Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2009. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?u20=9789027254313.

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Chiu, Lai-wan Hazel, and 趙麗雲. "Consciousness-raising and the acquisition of grammar." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31945004.

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Jin, Jongdo. "Child second language acquisition : acquisition of English functional categories by Korean child L2 learners." Thesis, University of Reading, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.422776.

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Slabakova, Roumyana. "Zero acquisition : second language acquisition of the parameter of aspect." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ44589.pdf.

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Laubitz, Zofia. "Coordinate and subordinate conjunctions in children's texts." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=75958.

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This thesis examines the use of conjunctions in texts, and in particular their function as a marker of text type. Children's acquisition of this aspect of conjunction usage is the main focus. An examination of the characteristics of various text types and the nature of coordinate and subordinate conjunctions in English serves as a framework within which the experimental evidence from adults and children (aged three to five) is considered. Three types of texts--conversation, narratives, and game explanations--were collected. It was found that both the types of conjunctions used and the frequenc

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Yuan, Boping. "Directionality of difficulty in second language acquisition of Chinese and English." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/17576.

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This thesis is concerned with the investigation of directionality of difficulty in second language acquisition (SLA) by Chinese-speaking learners learning English as a foreign language (EFL) and by English-speaking learners learning Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) . Chinese allows both subject PRO in finite clauses and object pro. However, subject PRO in finite clauses and object pro give rise to ungrammaticality in English. Unlike Chinese, in which topics can be base-generated, English does not allow a base-generated topic. Chinese and English are also different in that while English refl

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Bergvall, Victoria. "Young Swedish students' knowledge of English grammatical morphemes." Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Arts and Education, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-817.

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<p>Research has shown that children who have English as a first language acquire grammatical morphemes in a predictable order. Many researchers claim that second language learners also follow a predictable pattern when learning English grammatical morphemes regardless of their linguistic background, and that the same mechanisms are responsible for both first and second language acquisition.</p><p>The aim of this paper was to study Swedish students’ knowledge of English grammatical morphemes, and to compare their knowledge with that of second language learners from other countries as well as wi

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