@article{article_377414, title={The Acquisition of Dative Alternation and Markedness in Second Language Learning}, journal={Turkish Online Journal of English Language Teaching}, volume={3}, pages={26–41}, year={2018}, url={https://izlik.org/JA79YJ62RY}, author={Zeybek, Gülin}, keywords={Markedness,Dative alternation,Prepostional datives}, abstract={<p> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" lang="de" xml:lang="de">The aim of this study is to investigate English dative alternation in
terms of markedness theory. In this regard, the markedness of two possible
structures of dative alternation, [NP NP] vs. [NP PP], <i>for- </i>and <i>to- </i> dative
verbs, and 12 native-origin and 6 nonnative-origin dative verbs are
investigated among 50 university students whose L1 is Turkish and L2 is
English. In order to collect data, a grammaticality judgement test and a
picture-cued production test were used. The results revealed that [NP PP] structure
is unmarked for Turkish learners of English. Furthermore, participants used the
preposition <i>to </i> instead of <i>for </i> with <i>for </i>-dative vebs ­in prepositional dative structures in the
production test. </span> <br /> </p>}, number={2}