Yasuhiro Shirai

The Acquisition of Tense-Aspect Morphology: A Prototype Account

Yasuhiro Shirai, Roger W. Andersen · Language · 1995 · 438 citations

Syntax, Morphology, Grammar +5

Discourse Motivations for Some Cognitive Acquisition Principles

Roger W. Andersen, Yasuhiro Shirai · Studies in Second Language Acquisition · 1994 · 343 citations

Second Language Learning, Defective Tense Hypothesis, Aspect Markers +17

Is the Acquisition Order of Grammatical Morphemes Impervious to L1 Knowledge? Evidence From the Acquisition of Plural ‐<i>s</i>, Articles, and Possessive ’<i>s</i>

Zoe Pei‐sui Luk, Yasuhiro Shirai · Language Learning · 2009 · 142 citations · Full text

Second Language Learning, Natural Order, Multilingualism +25

The Acquisition of Tense‐Aspect Marking in Japanese as a Second Language

Yasuhiro Shirai, Atsuko Kurono · Language Learning · 1998 · 128 citations

Second Language Learning, L2 Japanese, Multilingualism +24

Time and Motion: Measuring the Effects of the Conceptual Demands of Tasks on Second Language Speech Production

Peter Robinson, Teresa Cadierno, Yasuhiro Shirai · Applied Linguistics · 2009 · 124 citations