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ERIC Number: EJ366232
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Markedness and Salience in Second-Language Acquisition.
Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen
Language Learning, v37 n3 p385-407 Sep 1987
Examines the acquisition of a typologically marked construction, preposition stranding, and its unmarked counterpart, preposition pied piping, by learners of English as a second language (ESL). Data demonstrate that preposition stranding is acquired before preposition pied piping. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Patterns, Language Usage, Prepositions, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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