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IJLLL 2025 Vol.11(3): 145-149
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2025.11.3.589

The Effect of Language Transfer in the Production of the English Dative Alternation

Nobuyo Fukaya
Niigata Agro-Food University, Japan
Email: nobuyo-fukaya@ nafu.ac.jp (N.F.)

Manuscript received December 24, 2024; accepted March 7, 2025; published June 13, 2025.

Abstract—The given-before-new principle refers to the tendency of speakers and writers to place old information before new information, and it is generally considered a universal rule. While there has not been extensive research on this principle in the context of second language learners from the perspective of discourse structure, some studies have examined whether this principle is followed or not. These studies involve English learners whose native languages are Japanese or Chinese. Due to differences in how this rule is satisfied depending on the native language, the question of whether this is influenced by the first language remains unresolved. This study, using a Japanese corpus, investigated the characteristics of the native language and concluded that double object constructions and constructions with missing the recipient are generated as a result of language transfer.

Keywords—given-before-new principle, language transfer, EFL learners, the dative alternation

Cite: Nobuyo Fukaya, "The Effect of Language Transfer in the Production of the English Dative Alternation," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 145-149, 2025.

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