Conceptual complexity and accessibility of the article "the" : is the traditional interpretation of "the" enough for ESL learners ?
The English article system is extremely complex because of its conceptual abstractness and context-dependent usage. For these specific features, some second language learners (e.g., Japanese) find article acquisition to be very difficult. Traditionally, the definite article the is thought to express...
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McGill University
2008
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| Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=115613 |