Evidence of Lexical Transfer in Learner Syntax: The Acquisition of English Causatives by Speakers of Hindi-Urdu and Vietnamese.

Helms-Park, Rena

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Publication Date: 2001

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Evidence of Lexical Transfer in Learner Syntax: The Acquisition of English Causatives by Speakers of Hindi-Urdu and Vietnamese.

Helms-Park, Rena

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v23 n1 p71-102 Mar 2001

Reports the findings of a study in which transfer of verb properties was investigated via syntactic data elicited from second language learners. The performance of Hindi-Urdu speakers on tests of English causatives was compared with that of Vietnamese speakers, because there are five significant differences between causativization patterns in Hindi-Urdu and Vietnamese. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Hindi, Language Patterns, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Syntax, Transfer of Training, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Urdu, Verbs, Vietnamese

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Language: English

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