There is a great individual variability for acquiring syntactic knowledge in a second
language (L2). Little is, however, known if there is any anatomical basis in the brain for …

Second language (L2) acquisition is more susceptible to environmental and idiosyncratic
factors than first language acquisition. Here, we used functional magnetic resonance …

This chapter discusses nontarget “overpassivization” errors in L2 English by Japanese
speakers (eg, the earthquake was happened last night) and the effects of classroom …

Some previous studies have examined the use of connectors by second language writers of
English, particularly studies comparing connector usage of L2 and native English writers …

The left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) has been reported to be critically involved in syntactic
processing, not only in first language (L1), but in second language (L2). Indeed, the leftward …

The purpose of this study is to investigate how Japanese Learners of English (JLEs) acquire
English ergative verb usages, and is to claim that difficulty of ergative verb usages in English …

This study presents new evidence for the structural unergative-unaccusative distinction, in
second language (L2) grammars, focusing on elementary-level Japanese-speaking learners …

According to the Unaccusative Hypothesis (Burzio, 1986), there are two types of intransitive
verbs, unaccusative and unergative, each associated with a different underlying syntactic …

As discussed in section 2.1, the Unaccusative Hypothesis, initially proposed by Perlmutter
(1978) and later elaborated by Burzio (1986), classifies intransitive verbs into UAs and UEs …

When tracking pathways in an individual brain with diffusion MRI, we should assess the
structural properties of a certain tract with caution, because in some studies not all of the …