Does Typological Proximity Really Matter? Evidence from Mandarin and Brazilian Portuguese-Speaking Learners of Spanish
The present study examines the role of typological proximity in the acquisition of Differential Object Marking (DOM) in Spanish among eighteen (n = 18) Mandarin-speaking second language (L2) learners and sixteen (n = 16) Spanish heritage speakers (HSs) with Brazilian Portuguese (BP) as their dominan...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Languages |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/3/2/13 |