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ERIC Number: ED514708
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Sep
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 17
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1539-8072
The Syntactic Positions of Adverbs and the Second Language Acquisition
Zhang, Zi-hong
Online Submission, Sino-US English Teaching v7 n9 p48-54 Sep 2010
Based on the theory of linguistic universal and Second Language Acquisition (SLA), the paper discusses the acquisition of syntactic positions of adverbs in English. According to the data collected, the paper concludes that what adult learners acquire about adverbs is the distinction of different adverbs and the different scopes they take. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Form Classes (Languages), Language Universals, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Chinese, College Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
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