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John Mcwhorter

Language Interrupted

Signs of Non-Native Acquisition in Standard Language Grammars

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Foreigners often say that English language is easy. A language like Spanish is challenging in its variety of verb endings (the verb speak is conjugated hablo, hablas, hablamos), and gender for nouns, whereas English is more straight forward (I speak, you speak, we speak). But linguists generally swat down claims that certain languages are easier than others, since it is assumed all languages are complex to the same degree. For example, they will point to English's use of the word do -- Do you know French? This usage is counter-intuitive and difficult for non-native speakers. Linguist John McWhorter agrees that all languages are complex, but q… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-804231-0
  • EAN: 9780198042310
  • Produktnummer: 13941598
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 1'858 KB
  • Abbildungen: 11 illus.

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