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ERIC Number: EJ494953
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
Concord in Interlanguage: Efficiency or Priming?
Mellow, J. Dean; Cumming, Alister
Applied Linguistics, v15 n4 p442-73 Dec 1994
Assesses two apparently contradictory factors that may affect the acquisition of grammatical concord in a second language: (1) efficient deletion of redundant elements; and (2) facilitation or priming through repeated marking of grammatical information. The results of a study of written compositions by French and Japanese learners of English support the idea that efficiency and priming perspectives are complementary. (100 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: College Students, Efficiency, English (Second Language), Grammar, Higher Education, Interlanguage, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Morphemes, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Priming Effects