English Explanatory Dictionary

interface hypothesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The hypothesis that, for adult second language learners, acquiring grammatical properties and interfacing between them (for example, between syntax and semantics) should not be problematic, but that interfacing between these and an external component, such as pragmatics or discourse information, will prove to be very difficult.

Word forms

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