TY  - JOUR
TT  - The Acquisition of Dative Alternation and Markedness in Second Language Learning
AU  - Zeybek, Gülin
PY  - 2018
DA  - May
JF  - Turkish Online Journal of English Language Teaching
JO  - TOJELT
PB  - Ahmet Selçuk AKDEMİR
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2458-9918
SP  - 26
EP  - 41
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
KW  - Markedness
KW  - Dative alternation
KW  - Prepostional datives
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