Argument-adjunct asymmetry in the acquisition of inversion in Wh-questions by Korean learners of English

Language Learning

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 625-663

  Lee, Sun Young ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition of inversion; Argument adjunct asymmetry; English wh questions; ESL; Generative approach; Input frequency; Korean learners; Lexically based; Structure based

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249109011     PISSN: 00238333     EISSN: 14679922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2008.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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