The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether the setting of the verb movement parameter in L2 is dependent on agreement acquisition. The Optionality hypothesis (Eubank, 1994) is tested by examining the L2 grammar of Chinese learners of English. To test this hypothesis, the sentence matching procedure originally described in Freedman and Forster (1985) is used. It is found that no current theory truly accounts for the results that are obtained.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc278814 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Grace, Sabine Thepaut |
| Contributors | Eubank, Lynn, Beck, Maria-Luise, Carey, Kathleen |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vii, 69 leaves : ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Grace, Sabine Thepaut |
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