More on L-2 acquisition of gender

[Annette Karmiloff-Smith]

>From: "Cote, Linda (NICHD)" <cotel at cfr.nichd.nih.gov>
>To: "'Annette Karmiloff-Smith'" <a.karmiloff-smith at ich.ucl.ac.uk>
>Subject: clarification;  RE: L-2 acquisition of gender
>Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:20:05 -0400
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>Dear Dr. Karmiloff-Smith:
>
>I do not know of any references in response to your question:
>
	>It is frequently reported that L-2 adult learners have serious

          difficulties with grammatical gender agreement.  Is this just an
	anecdote or are there data in the literature to which I can refer?
>
>However, I presume that your question is appropriate only for L-2 learners
>whose native language did not include gender agreement?  (e.g.,
>English-French).
>Certainly a native speaker of French learning Spanish would NOT be expected to
>have this problem?  You may need to delve into more Education-based research
>directed toward classroom language teachers to find supporting literature.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Linda
>Linda R. Cote, Ph.D.
>Child & Family Research
>National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, NIH
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