Generative linguistics has primarily used introspection-based data for its theory construction. However, we now witness the rise of experimental approaches to linguistic judgments, in which linguistic judgment patterns are investigated through experimentation. Using patterns of obstruent devoicing in Japanese loanwords as a test case, the current project attempts to contribute to this growing b...

PURPOSE Bilingual aphasia generally affects both languages. However, the age of acquisition of the second language (L2) seems to play a role in the anatomo-functional correlation of the syntactical/grammatical processes, thus potentially influencing the L2 syntactic impairment following a stroke. The present study aims to analyze the influence of late age of acquisition of the L2 on syntactic i...

This study investigates how English-speaking learners of Chinese perceive sentences correctly using , incorrectly using , correctly omitting , and erroneously omitting through a grammaticality judgment task. The test results show that English-speaking learners of Chinese have difficulties in accepting grammatical sentences using where the NP associated with is the object of the sentence. Chines...

Linguistic interference in the acquisition of tenses has remained a fertile area for extensive studies on the teaching of English to speakers of other languages. Congruent with previous studies, this study aims to find out whether errors in the learning of a grammatical category is more ascribable to negative transfer resulting from learners’ first language or the rules governing its use in the...

Introduction Figurative comparisons consisting of two nouns (a target and a base) can be expressed in two grammatical forms, i.e., in simile form (X is like Y), or in metaphor form (X is Y). Recently, many studies have shown that there are substantial differences between metaphors and similes. In particular, much evidence has been found for people’s grammatical preference for figurative compari...

â  â  â  reasons of differences in grammatical opinions among the ancients â â â â â â â  ryadh alsawad * â  marzieh ghorbankhani ** â  â  abstract â â â  the most important characteristic of the rules of arabic language is their extent and diversity, so that they are difficult for learners to manage and learn. there are different reasons that play role in formation of this diversity. some reas...