Acquisition of the Zero and Null Articles in English

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" Acquisition of the Zero and Null Articles in English "
Master, Peter

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	930449
Doc. No	:	LA2kb4p9r0
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Master, Peter
Title & Author	:	Acquisition of the Zero and Null Articles in English [Article]\ Master, Peter
Title of Periodical	:	Issues in Applied Linguistics
Volume/ Issue Number	:	14/1
Date	:	2003
Abstract	:	This paper analyzes spoken interlanguage data from 15 non-native speaker (NNS) at three English interlanguage levels representing five native language (L1) backgrounds (Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and German) to describe the acquisition of the zero and null articles, the first of which occurs in indefinite and the second in definite noun phrases. The lack of a marked difference in the acquisition of the two forms suggests that learners are generally not aware of the distinction between the zero and null articles.