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Second-language (L2) acquisition differs from first-language (LI) acquisition in any number of ways, not the least of which is that L2 learners, especially adults. rarely attain a steady state that matches that of native speakers. This general state of affairs has. as one might expect, led to a variety of specific studies of adult L2 representations, and a good number of these have considered the difficulties posed by head movement, specifically, the movement of the verb (V-movement) in the L2 acquisition of German.
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Eubank, L. (1992). Verb Movement, Agreement, and Tense in L2 Acquisition. In: Meisel, J.M. (eds) The Acquisition of Verb Placement. Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2803-2_8
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