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1 online resource (280 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Some Preliminary Issues In Adult L2 Ultimate Attainment; Sorting Through Some Terminology; What Can a 'Fossilized' End-State Grammar Tell Us About the Language Faculty?; Why a Case Study?; Why Study Patty?; A Note On the Data; A Note On the Role of Linguistic Theory In This Study; Goals and Outline; 2. Introducing Patty; Some Background Information About Patty; On The Role of Motivational and Affective Factors; 3. Knowledge of Finiteness; Defining Finiteness; Considering the Input: Kinds of Evidence for Finiteness |
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Knowledge of Finiteness in SLAFiniteness In an End-State L2 Grammar: Patty; 4. The Acquisition of Past Tense; What Does Patty Typically Mark for Past Tense?; Some Possible Factors Affecting Past-Tense Marking; So What is [±Past] in English, Anyway, and What Does Past-Tense Marking Mark?; Alternative Kinds of L1 Influence in Acquiring Past-Tense Marking; Incorrect Past-Tense Marking; Conclusion; 5. Clausal Word Order and Movement; Verb Raising; Wh-Movement; Relative Clauses; Passives; 6. Nominal Phrases; Possession in DPs; Plural Marking; Article Usage |
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An Interaction of DP Features: Definiteness and Number7. Conclusions; Overview of the Data from Patty; The Role of the L1 in Accounting for Divergent L2 Outcomes; Variability and Sensitivity to Input in Adult Language Acquisition; A Different Goal?; Postscript; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351538244 |
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1351538241 |
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