The acquisition of the English inflectional -s morphemes by young L1 Chinese speakers

This paper examines the acquisition of the inflectional –s morphemes (the plural marker, genitive marker and third person singular present tense marker) in English by eighteen young ESL learners from two Chinese primary schools. Learners were shown pictures as stimuli, and they were asked to describ...

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Main Authors: Chan, Swee Heng, Wong, Bee Eng, Teo, Pauline Hwa Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2004
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35462/1/The%20acquisition%20of%20the%20English%20inflectional%20-s%20morphemes%20by%20young%20L1%20Chinese%20speakers.pdf