Metalinguistic knowledge about the native language and language transfer in gender assignment

Whereas Standard Dutch only distinguishes between two adnominal grammatical genders, substandard varieties of Belgian Dutch distinguish between three such genders. German, too, distinguishes between three genders. Nevertheless, when assigning gender to German nouns with Dutch cognates, speakers of B...

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Main Author: Jan Vanhove
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of English Studies Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts Adam Mickiewicz University 2019-06-01
Series:Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Online Access:https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/12135