Abstract
The objective of this study is to examine how learners of Japanese as a second language acquire causative structures, that is, how do they learn to go from canonical structures i.e. unmarked mapping of Agent-Patient-Verb constructions on linear order towards making more refined, non canonical choices involving the special mapping required by causative constructions in Japanese as a second language. The framework utilised is Processability Theory and Lexical Mapping Hypothesis.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Research in Second Language Acquisition: Empirical Evidence across Languages |
| Editors | Jörg-U. Kessler, Dagmar Keatinge |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Cambridge Scholars |
| Pages | 213-239 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781443809610 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |