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ERIC Number: EJ655725
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-2631
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Overpassivization Errors by Second Language Learners: The Effect of Conceptualizable Agents in Discourse.
Ju, Min Kyong
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v22 n1 p85-111 Mar 2000
Investigates whether conceptualizable agents in the discourse play a role in English second language overpassivization errors. Hypothesizes that learners are more likely to make overpassivization errors in externally caused events than in internally caused events. Subjects were Chinese learners of English. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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