L1 Transfer in L2 Acquisition of English Verbal Morphology by Japanese Young Instructed Learners

Inflectional morphology has been considered as a particularly difficult area in second language (L2) acquisition (Lardiere 2008; Slabakova 2008). This paper reports on an empirical study investigating the L2 acquisition of English verbal morphology by Japanese young instructed learners. The aim of t...

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Main Author: Akiko Muroya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/4/1/1