A Study of English Morpheme Acquisition Order by Chinese and Korean EFL Learners

• Published in: 언어학 Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 79 - 97
• Main Authors: Yan Cheng, Borim Lee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한언어학회 30.03.2020
• Subjects: data elicitation method; EFL; English proficiency; L1 influence; morpheme acquisition studies; the natural order hypothesis

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the two contrasting claims for the order of inflectional morpheme acquisition in English as L2: the natural order hypothesis and the hypothesis claiming L1 effects as a fundamental factor. This study also investigates two additional factors that may influence...