Current Perspectives on Generative SLA - Processing, Influence, and Interfaces: Selected Proceedings of the 16th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference

The selection of cutting-edge studies covers a wide array of topics within generative linguistics, including the acquisition of grammatical features, challenges of functional morphology, the impact of the native language on subsequently acquired languages, and interfaces between linguistic domains.

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Other Authors: Velnić, Marta (Editor), Dahl, Anne 1974- (Editor), Listhaug, Kjersti Faldet (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company [2024]
Series:Language Acquisition and Language Disorders Series volume 70
Online Access:DE-12
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Summary:The selection of cutting-edge studies covers a wide array of topics within generative linguistics, including the acquisition of grammatical features, challenges of functional morphology, the impact of the native language on subsequently acquired languages, and interfaces between linguistic domains.
Intro -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- References -- Section A (Null) subjects and anaphora resolution -- Chapter 1 What the acquisition of Japanese vs. Chinese contributes to generative approaches to SLA -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical background -- 2.1 Typology based on Strong Uniformity (Miyagawa, 2017) -- 2.2 Restrictions on null subjects -- 2.3 LD reflexives and blocking -- 3. Hypotheses for second language acquisition of Japanese and Chinese -- 4. Study 1 -- 5. LD reflexives in L2 Japanese (Study 2, Umeda et al., 2017) and L2 Chinese (Study 3, Umeda et al., 2022) -- 5.1 Study 2 -- 5.2 Study 3 -- 6. Discussion and conclusion -- Funding -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 2 Extending the Decreased Activation Hypothesis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A first evidence for the Decreased Activation Hypothesis -- 3. Extending the Decreased Activation Hypothesis -- 3.1 Properties of null and overt subject pronouns in Greek and Serbian -- 3.2 Participants -- 3.3 Elicitation procedure and definition of the reference total -- 3.4 The near-nativeness test -- 3.5 Overall results -- 3.6 Overt subject pronouns and topicality -- 3.7 Overt subject pronouns and active referents -- 4. Summary and discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Appendix -- Chapter 3 Complements and adjuncts of one in L2 English noun drop -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The syntax of noun drop in Spanish and English -- 3. Methodology -- 3.1 Participants -- 3.2 Materials -- 3.3 Procedures -- 4. Group results -- 4.1 Production task -- 4.2 Felicity judgement task -- 4.3 Grammaticality judgement task -- 5. Individual results for the contrast between complements and adjuncts of the pro-form 'one' -- 6. Discussion -- References -- Appendix -- Section B The nominal domain -- Chapter 4 Second language acquisition of English plurals by Chinese learners.
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (412 Seiten)
ISBN:9789027246554
DOI:10.1075/lald.70

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