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THE EMERGENCE OF SENTENCE MODALITIES IN THE ENGLISH OF JAPANESE‐SPEAKING CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Gillis Mary,
Weber RoseMarie
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1976.tb00261.x
Subject(s) - psychology , linguistics , first language , language transfer , modalities , sentence , similarity (geometry) , second language acquisition , language acquisition , language development , interrogative word , modality (human–computer interaction) , natural language , comprehension approach , developmental psychology , mathematics education , artificial intelligence , computer science , sociology , image (mathematics) , social science , philosophy
An investigation is made of the validity of the hypothesis that second‐language learning in school‐age children follows the same development as first language acquisition, specifically with respect to negatives, interrogatives, and imperatives. The English of two Japanese boys acquiring English in a natural setting was observed over a five‐month period. The analysis and comparison of their language to first language acquisition data (especially Klima and Bellugi 1966) showed a striking basic similarity between first and second language learners. There was no clear evidence of transfer from the children's mother tongue.