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The second language acquisition of past tense marker in English by L1 speakers of chinese.

This study is considered the L2 acquisition and underlying of past tense marker, focusing on whether or not L2 learners of English are successful in associating the grammatical properties with Chinese language. Although the dataset is small, the results showed that Chinese speakers are able to acqui...

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Main Authors: Sharmini, Sharon, Kelly Tee, Pei Leng, Singaram, Nallammai, Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
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Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17332/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.173322012-05-22T00:57:30Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17332/ The second language acquisition of past tense marker in English by L1 speakers of chinese. Sharmini, Sharon Kelly Tee, Pei Leng Singaram, Nallammai Jusoff, Kamaruzaman This study is considered the L2 acquisition and underlying of past tense marker, focusing on whether or not L2 learners of English are successful in associating the grammatical properties with Chinese language. Although the dataset is small, the results showed that Chinese speakers are able to acquire the past-tense marker although Chinese language has none of this feature. The L1 Chinese speakers are able to acquire the regular past-tense marker better co mpared to the irregular form. 2009 Article PeerReviewed Sharmini, Sharon and Kelly Tee, Pei Leng and Singaram, Nallammai and Jusoff, Kamaruzaman (2009) The second language acquisition of past tense marker in English by L1 speakers of chinese. Canadian Social Science, 5 (3). pp. 133-140. ISSN 1712-8056 English
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description This study is considered the L2 acquisition and underlying of past tense marker, focusing on whether or not L2 learners of English are successful in associating the grammatical properties with Chinese language. Although the dataset is small, the results showed that Chinese speakers are able to acquire the past-tense marker although Chinese language has none of this feature. The L1 Chinese speakers are able to acquire the regular past-tense marker better co mpared to the irregular form.
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author Sharmini, Sharon
Kelly Tee, Pei Leng
Singaram, Nallammai
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
spellingShingle Sharmini, Sharon
Kelly Tee, Pei Leng
Singaram, Nallammai
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
The second language acquisition of past tense marker in English by L1 speakers of chinese.
author_facet Sharmini, Sharon
Kelly Tee, Pei Leng
Singaram, Nallammai
Jusoff, Kamaruzaman
author_sort Sharmini, Sharon
title The second language acquisition of past tense marker in English by L1 speakers of chinese.
title_short The second language acquisition of past tense marker in English by L1 speakers of chinese.
title_full The second language acquisition of past tense marker in English by L1 speakers of chinese.
title_fullStr The second language acquisition of past tense marker in English by L1 speakers of chinese.
title_full_unstemmed The second language acquisition of past tense marker in English by L1 speakers of chinese.
title_sort second language acquisition of past tense marker in english by l1 speakers of chinese.
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