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Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Persian EFL Learners

Year 2009, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 0 - 48, 01.10.2009

Hamideh Marefat Ramin Rahmany

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Due to their structural complexity, English relative clauses (RCs) are difficult to acquire for EFL learners. This study tested the predictions of seven major hypotheses proposed on the difficulty order of SS, SO, OO, and OS RCs for Persian EFL learners with different levels of English proficiency. Data was collected from 39 university students aged between 18 and 22 who performed a sentence comprehension task which consisted of 20 items involving reversible animate head nouns, with 5 items representing each of the SS, SO, OO, and OS RCs. Results showed that the determining factor in the difficulty order of the RCs for Persian EFL learners is the role of the head noun in the RC rather than the position of relativization, as some hypotheses predict. Moreover, Persian EFL learners opt for a linear parsing strategy in processing RC structures. Besides, Proficiency level did not bring about a drastic change in the difficulty order of the RCs.

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Year 2009, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 0 - 48, 01.10.2009

Hamideh Marefat Ramin Rahmany

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Primary Language English
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Ramin Rahmany This is me

Publication Date October 1, 2009
Published in Issue Year 2009 Volume: 5 Issue: 2

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APA Marefat, H., & Rahmany, R. (2009). Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Persian EFL Learners. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 5(2), 0-48.
AMA Marefat H, Rahmany R. Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Persian EFL Learners. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. October 2009;5(2):0-48.
Chicago Marefat, Hamideh, and Ramin Rahmany. “Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Persian EFL Learners”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 5, no. 2 (October 2009): 0-48.
EndNote Marefat H, Rahmany R (October 1, 2009) Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Persian EFL Learners. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 5 2 0–48.
IEEE H. Marefat and R. Rahmany, “Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Persian EFL Learners”, Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 0–48, 2009.
ISNAD Marefat, Hamideh - Rahmany, Ramin. “Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Persian EFL Learners”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies 5/2 (October 2009), 0-48.
JAMA Marefat H, Rahmany R. Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Persian EFL Learners. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2009;5:0–48.
MLA Marefat, Hamideh and Ramin Rahmany. “Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Persian EFL Learners”. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 2009, pp. 0-48.
Vancouver Marefat H, Rahmany R. Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by Persian EFL Learners. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. 2009;5(2):0-48.