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ERIC Number: EJ655743
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-2631
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The Unaccusative Trap in Second Language Acquisition.
Oshita, Hiroyuki
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v23 n2 p279-304 Jun 2001
Discusses the unaccusative trap hypothesis, which provides a developmental account for a variety of seemingly unrelated syntactic phenomena in second language English, Japanese, and Chinese. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Linguistic Theory, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Syntax, Verbs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue: Representational and Developmental Issues in the Lexico-Syntactic Interface: Acquiring Verb Meaning in a Second Language.