Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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xiii | |
Introduction |
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xv | |
Transliteration Symbols |
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xix | |
Abbreviations |
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Description of Target Morphosyntactic Structures |
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1 | (20) |
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1 | (7) |
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1 | (3) |
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Gender of Nouns and Adjectives |
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4 | (4) |
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Nominal Inflectional Agreement Features |
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8 | (2) |
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8 | (2) |
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Equational (Verbless) Sentence Structure |
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10 | (4) |
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Past Tense of Equational (Verbless) Sentences |
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12 | (1) |
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Negation of Equational (Verbless) Sentences |
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13 | (1) |
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Verbal Inflectional Agreement Features |
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14 | (5) |
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Verbal Agreement, Tense, and Null Subjects |
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14 | (2) |
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16 | (3) |
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19 | (2) |
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Existing Arabic Second Language Acquisition Research |
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21 | (28) |
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Contrastive and Error Analysis Studies |
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22 | (2) |
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Performance/Developmental Studies |
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24 | (6) |
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Developmental, Interlanguage, and Current Models |
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30 | (12) |
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Second Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar |
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42 | (6) |
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48 | (1) |
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The Acquisition of Gender Agreement |
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49 | (52) |
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Methods (Longitudinal Data) |
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50 | (23) |
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Results of Nominal and Verbal Gender Agreement |
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54 | (1) |
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Applying an Emergence Criterion |
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54 | (4) |
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Applying a 90 Percent Correct Acquisition Criterion |
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58 | (3) |
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Production of Gender Agreement in Non-Contexts |
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61 | (3) |
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Noun-Adjective Word Order |
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64 | (1) |
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Results of Demonstrative Gender Agreement |
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65 | (1) |
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Applying an Emergence Criterion |
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66 | (1) |
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Applying a 90 Percent Correct Acquisition Criterion |
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67 | (6) |
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Production of Demonstrative Gender Agreement in Non-Contexts |
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73 | (1) |
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Methods (Cross-Sectional Data) |
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73 | (26) |
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Results of Verbal (Gender) Agreement |
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77 | (2) |
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Results of Nominal (Gender) Agreement |
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79 | (2) |
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Results of Natural versus Grammatical Gender Agreement |
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81 | (1) |
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Rule Application of Nominal Agreement in Non-Contexts |
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82 | (2) |
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Word Order of Nominal (Noun-Adjective) Agreement |
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84 | (2) |
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Results of Nominal versus Verbal Agreement |
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86 | (5) |
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Results of Demonstrative Gender Agreement |
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91 | (7) |
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Rule Application of Demonstrative Gender Agreement in Non-Contexts |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (2) |
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The Acqusition of Tense/Aspect and Verbal Agreement |
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101 | (14) |
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Methods (Cross-Sectional Data) |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (8) |
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105 | (3) |
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Verbal Agreement (Narrative Tasks) |
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108 | (2) |
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Tense and Verbal Agreement (Random Task) |
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110 | (3) |
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113 | (2) |
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The Acquisition of Null Subjects |
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115 | (10) |
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Methods (Cross-Sectional Data) |
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115 | (3) |
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118 | (7) |
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Null Subjects and Verbal Agreement Production |
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122 | (2) |
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124 | (1) |
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The Acquisition of Negation, Mood, and Case |
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125 | (22) |
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Methods (Longitudinal Data) |
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127 | (4) |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (3) |
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Data Collection and Coding |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (14) |
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131 | (2) |
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Negation Construction with la and the Indicative Mood |
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133 | (1) |
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Negation Constructions with ma and lam and the Jussive Mood |
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134 | (2) |
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Negation Construction with lan and the Subjunctive Mood |
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136 | (3) |
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?an Construction and the Subjunctive Mood |
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139 | (3) |
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Case within kana and laysa Constructions |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (26) |
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L2 Learnability and Processability |
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147 | (6) |
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L1 Transfer and UG Access |
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153 | (4) |
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Ultimate Attainment and Near Nativeness |
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157 | (6) |
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The Split-INFL Hypothesis: More on L1 Transfer |
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163 | (4) |
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Null Subjects and Setting of Parameters: More on UG Access and L1 Transfer |
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167 | (3) |
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Summary and Areas of Future Research |
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170 | (3) |
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Pedagogical and Applied Implications |
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173 | (10) |
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Acquisition Tendencies of the Target Structures |
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173 | (4) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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Gender of Demonstrative Pronouns |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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Other Contributing Acquisition Factors |
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177 | (1) |
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Who Can Benefit from the Findings |
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178 | (3) |
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Syllabus Construction: Scheduling Learning Objectives |
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178 | (1) |
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Arabic Foreign Language Pedagogy and Teacher Preparation |
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179 | (1) |
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Foreign Language Proficiency Testing |
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179 | (2) |
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Summary and Areas of Future Research |
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181 | (2) |
Notes |
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183 | (16) |
Glossary |
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199 | (6) |
References |
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205 | (10) |
Index |
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