Feature Matching Does Not Equal Convergence: Acquisition of L2 French Accusative Pronouns by L1 Spanish Speakers

Our study aims to determine whether formal similarity between two languages (operationalized via the Feature Reassembly Hypothesis) allows adult L2 learners of French (Spanish native speakers; NSs) to straightforwardly acquire third-person singular accusative clitics in their L2. Additionally, we ex...

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Main Authors: Elena Shimanskaya, Tania Leal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/6/3/144