Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies ›› 2017, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (03): 90-95.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2017.03.016

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Is L1 Acquisition Fundamentally Different from L2 Acquisition?—Evidence from L1 Child and L2 Adult Acquisition of Double Object Construction

FANG Shaohua, CHANG Hui   

  • Online:2017-05-28 Published:2020-07-25

Abstract: This paper reviews L1 child and L2 adult acquisition of double object construction, so as to test the Fundamental Difference Hypothesis. Previous studies indicate that both L1 child and L2 adult learners tend to overgeneralize and prefer double object construction. However, their performance differs quantitatively in some respects due to L1 transfer. As far as the acquisition of double object constructions is concerned, the Fundamental Difference Hypothesis is falsified.

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