Abstract
This study investigates the acquisition of referential and expletive subjects in advanced and near-native English by L1 speakers of French and European Portuguese. Its results Its findings suggest that the syntax of subjects may give rise to significant developmental delays depending on L1-L2 combinations, but is completely acquirable in an L2.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 70-71 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Event | International Conference on Multilingualism and Multilingual Education - Braga, Portugal Duration: 11 May 2017 → 13 May 2017 https://bragaconfmultiling.wordpress.com/ |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Multilingualism and Multilingual Education |
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Abbreviated title | ICMME 17 |
Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Braga |
Period | 11/05/17 → 13/05/17 |
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Keywords
- Second Language Acquisition
- null subjects
- super-subset relation
- aquisição de segunda língua
- sujeitos nulos
- relação super-subset