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ERIC Number: EJ499459
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
Evidence for a "Wild" L2 Grammar: When PPs Rear Their Empty Heads.
Klein, Elaine C.
Applied Linguistics, v16 n1 p87-117 Mar 1995
Reviews several studies which suggest that some second-language (L2) learners stumble into rogue or "wild" grammars on the road to the L2. L2 learners who have subcategorization knowledge of verbs for their prepositions often omit those same prepositions in relative clauses and questions requiring pied-piping or preposition stranding. (103 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Research, Language Usage, Prepositions, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Universal Grammar