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Peer reviewedMedina-Nguyen, Suzanne – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1981
Analyzes the overgeneralizations of bilingual children to determine whether the overgeneralizations of Spanish and English monolinguals would differ from those found in the speech samples of Spanish-English bilinguals and to reach a better understanding of speakers' preference for certain affixes and roots. (MES)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, English, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedTerry, Robert M. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1989
In a French study based on Spanish research, the communicative effectiveness and grammatical accuracy of foreign language students in generating appropriate classroom questions was investigated. Despite language differences, similarities were found in communication errors, especially incorrect interrogative words and structures, verb tenses and…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Patterns, French, Inquiry
