We argue for a perspective on bilingual heritage speakers as native speakers of both their
languages and present results from a large-scale, cross-linguistic study that took such a …

English as a global lingua franca interacts with other languages across a wide range of
multilingual contexts. Combining insights from linguistics, education studies, and …

Despite the numerous studies on English article acquisition, the acquisition sequence,
differences, and difficulties by English-as-a-second language learners (ELLs) remain to be …

This paper adopts the Integrated Contrastive Model (Granger 1996) to an examination of the
use of articles in the L2 English written production of L1 speakers of three article-less …

Exploring the canonical topics in second language acquisition, this book introduces different
theoretical perspectives and explores the types of research carried out in the field. Individual …

This study investigates the acquisition of generic reference by Japanese and Spanish L2
learners of English. Generics in English can refer to natural kinds or species, eg, the dolphin …

The article discusses the concept of Feature Reassembly (FR) in the context of second
language acquisition (SLA). The authors argue that FR, which focuses on the interaction …

This paper examines the interpretation of NPs in generic and existential contexts in the
acquisition of Brazilian Portuguese (BrP) as a third language (L3) by learners who speak …

This study examines the role of universal meanings in second language (L2) acquisition by
specifically looking at whether Japanese L2 learners of English can distinguish between …

It is acknowledged by many teachers of English that the article system is notoriously difficult
to teach. The works by scholars such as Master (1990) have already made many …