MetaTOC stay on top of your field, easily

Sensitivity to missing plural marking in L2 English: A role for cross-linguistic influence?

Second Language Research

Published online on

Abstract

Second Language Research, Volume 42, Issue 2, Page 249-279, April 2026.
This article examines whether the second language (L2) acquisition of English plural marking by learners from Generalized Classifier first languages (L1s) is affected by L1 transfer. Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Korean exhibit micro-variation with ...