The Acquisition of Dative Alternation and Markedness in Second Language Learning
| Autor: | Zeybek, Gülin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Volume: 3, Issue: 2 26-41 Turkish Online Journal of English Language Teaching |
| ISSN: | 2458-9918 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study is to investigate English dative alternation interms of markedness theory. In this regard, the markedness of two possiblestructures of dative alternation, [NP NP] vs. [NP PP], for- and to- dativeverbs, and 12 native-origin and 6 nonnative-origin dative verbs areinvestigated among 50 university students whose L1 is Turkish and L2 isEnglish. In order to collect data, a grammaticality judgement test and apicture-cued production test were used. The results revealed that [NP PP] structureis unmarked for Turkish learners of English. Furthermore, participants used thepreposition to instead of for with for-dative vebs in prepositional dative structures in theproduction test. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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