The role of animacy and language proficiency in the comprehension of English restrictive relative clauses by Iranian EFL learners: an emergentist approach

The role of animacy and language proficiency in the comprehension of English restrictive relative clauses by Iranian EFL learners: an emergentist approach

Abstract Following an emergentist approach, the authors examined the comprehension of four different types of restrictive relative clauses (direct object/oblique vs. subject/indirect object) with animate/inanimate referents by Iranian EFL learners. To this end, an Oxford placement test and two sets...

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Main Authors: Mehrdad Rezaeian, Firooz Sadighi, Mortaza Yamini, Mohammad Sadegh Bagheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-06-01
Series:Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education
Subjects:
Subject RC
Object RC
Indirect object RC
Oblique RC
Emergentism
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40862-018-0051-5

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