This paper investigates Arabs' acquisition of English restrictive relative clauses with special
focus on resumptive pronouns. There are two primary aims of this study: 1-to investigate …

Tsimpli and Dimitrakopoulou (2007) observed that uninterpretable features are unavailable
in second language (L2) acquisition after the critical period. In this paper, we verify this claim …

The study attempts to investigate Chinese English learners' difficulty in the acquisition of
English relative clauses (RCs). In addressing the objective, the present researcher …

Generative grammarians often believe that learner language is systematic in that it adheres
to fundamental principles that guide natural languages. For instance, numerous second …

A valuable perspective can be gained by examining whether claims about certain linguistic
phenomena that were made largely based on observations from particular languages still …

This study investigates the second language (L2) acquisition of restrictive relative clauses
(RRCs) in Chinese by two groups of learners speaking typologically different first languages …

The articles in this special issue present very interesting data on the acquisition of relative
clauses (RCs) in Japanese, Korean, and Cantonese. The errors and developmental patterns …

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Relative clause (RC) structures are productive and complex in Chinese. While second
language acquisition studies of RCs in English has a long tradition, it is only in recent years …

The present study aims at investigating English relative clause (ERC) acquisition by Thai
EFL learners, with particular emphasis on major relevant linguistic universals as well as the …