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ERIC Number: EJ144807
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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An Explanation for the Morpheme Acquisition Order of Second Language Learners
Larsen-Freeman, Diane E.
Language Learning, 26, 1, 125-134, Jun 76
Reports on a study designed to yield data that would suggest a reason for the reported morpheme sequence. A significant correlation was found between the common morpheme difficulty order of the learners and the frequency of occurrence of these morphemes in adult native-speaker speech. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Research, Learning Processes, Linguistic Difficulty (Inherent), Morphemes, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning
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Identifiers: Morpheme Frequency