Factors Causing Overpassivisation of Unaccusative Verbs by Japanese Learners of English

It has been reported that second language (L2) learners of English including Japanese learners of English (JLEs) overpassivise unaccusative verbs although it is a kind of intransitive verbs. In order to account for the phenomenon, several assumptions have been proposed. However, so far, it is uncle...

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Main Authors: Hiromu Okamura, Tomohiko Shirahata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Silesia Press 2024-03-01
Series:Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition
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Online Access:https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/TAPSLA/article/view/14822