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ERIC Number: EJ413362
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Evidence for Parameter-Sensitive Acquisition: A Contribution to the Domain-specific versus Central Processes Debate.
Zobl, Helmut
Second Language Research, v6 n1 p39-59 Jun 1990
Demonstrates second-language acquisition (L2) is module and parameter sensitive. It is proposed that the acquisition of English by adult Japanese speakers is sensitive to the agreement parameter as well as the principle of structural government. (45 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Epistemology, Japanese, Second Language Learning, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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