Productive Vocabulary Knowledge Predicts Acquisition of Spanish DOM in Brazilian Portuguese-Speaking Learners

Differential object marking (DOM) in Spanish refers to the overt morphological marking of certain direct objects. Specifically, this <i>a</i>-marking of direct objects is driven by animacy and usually precedes human objects. Other features such as specificity and definiteness matter to a...

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Main Authors: Julio César López Otero, Abril Jimenez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/4/273