Second language learner knowledge of verb-argument constructions: Effects of language transfer and typology

Modern Language Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 952-975

  Römer, Ute ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew Brook ^b   Ellis, Nick C ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced learners; Construction Grammar; Crosslinguistic influence; Satellite vs. verb framed languages; Usage based language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916881519     PISSN: 00267902     EISSN: 15404781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/modl.12149     Document Type: Article

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