We study the learnability problem concerning the dative alternations in English (Baker,
1979; Pinker, 1989). We consider how first language learners productively apply the double …

Inverse probability adaptation effects (the finding that encountering a verb in an unexpected
structure increases long-term priming for that structure) have been observed in both L1 and …

Based on classic and cutting-edge research, this textbook shows how grammatical
phenomena can best be taught to second language and bilingual learners. Bringing …

The present study investigates the multiple constraints on the processing of English dative
alternation by Chinese EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners. The intermediate and …

This study investigated the effects of entrenchment, preemption, verb semantics, and
morphophonological constraints in Chinese EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners' …

This paper aims to explore the maze task as a pedagogical tool to enhance learners'
knowledge of the L2. Recent evidence suggests that linguistic training can modify linguistic …

This study aims to add to the body of evidence regarding the linguistic structures that seem
to be more challenging in L2 acquisition than in L1 acquisition (DeKeyser, 2005; Ellis, 2008; …

This article examines the second language acquisition (SLA) of Spanish dativeclitics in clitic
doubling (CLD) structures that are closely related to the double object construction (DOC) in …

Abstract English ditransitive verbs show a complex alternation between the double object
construction (DOC,(1)) and prepositional object datives (POD,(2)). This dissertation …

Abstract English has two major future tense constructions, will and be going to. Additionally,
English can also use the present tense with a future-marking adverbial to express futurity …