The impact of lexical and syntactic complexity on the acquisition of verb morphology: subject-verb agreement in French as a second language Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Several studies state that subject-verb agreement represents an important area of variation in second language (SL) learners’ interlanguage and that its gradual development is very slow, particularly in French as a second language (FSL) (i.a. Nadasi 2001 ; Bartning & Schlyter 2004 ; Howard 2006). Even advanced FSL learners use short basic forms, i.e. verb forms devoid of 3rd person plural marking, but used with a plural subject (for example ...