Prefabricated Patterns and the Emergence of Structure in Second Language Acquisition.

Hakuta, Kenji

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Publication Date: 1974

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Prefabricated Patterns and the Emergence of Structure in Second Language Acquisition

Hakuta, Kenji

Language Learning, 24, 2, 287-297, Dec 74

This study of the speech of a five-year-old Japanese girl learning English focused on the use of prefabricated routines where items are memorized as wholes. The forms of the copula, "do you" questions and embedded "how to" questions were examined. (AG)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning, Syntax

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