Second Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar
Author: Lydia White
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-03-06
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780521796477
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Universal Grammar in Child Second Language Acquisition
Author: Usha Lakshmanan
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9027224757
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines child second language acquisition within the Principles and Parameters theory of Universal Grammar (UG). Specifically, the book focuses on null-subjects in the developing grammars of children acquiring English as a second language. The book provides evidence from the longitudinal speech data of four child second language (L2) learners in order to test the predictions of a recent theory of null-subjects, namely, the Morphological Uniformity Principle (MUP). Lakshmanan argues that the child L2 acquisition data offer little or no evidence in support of the MUP s predictions regarding a developmental relation between verb inflections and null-subjects. The evidence from these child L2 data indicates that regardless of the status of null subjects in their first language, child L2 learners of English hypothesize correctly from the very beginning that English requires subjects of tensed clauses to be obligatorily overt. The failure on the part of these learners to obey this knowledge in certain structural contexts is the result of perceptual factors that are unrelated to parameter setting. The book demonstrates the value of child second language acquisition data in evaluating specific proposals within linguistic theory for a Universal principle.
Chomsky's Universal Grammar
Author: Vivian Cook
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2014-03
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9788126517473
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new edition introduces the reader to Noam Chomsky's theory of language by setting the specifics of syntactic analysis in the framework of his general ideas. It explains its fundamental concepts and provides an overview and history of the theory.
Universal Grammar and the Second Language Classroom
Author: Melinda Whong
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-06-26
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 940076362X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book proposes that research into generative second language acquisition (GenSLA) can be applied to the language classroom. Assuming that Universal Grammar plays a role in second language development, it explores generalisations from GenSLA research. The book aims to build bridges between the fields of generative second language acquisition, applied linguistics, and language teaching; and it shows how GenSLA is poised to engage with researchers of second language learning outside the generative paradigm. Each chapter of Universal Grammar and the Second Language Classroom showcases ways in which GenSLA research can inform language pedagogy. Some chapters include classroom research that tests the effectiveness of teaching particular linguistic phenomena. Others review existing research findings, discussing how these findings are useful for language pedagogy. All chapters show how generative linguistics can enhance teachers’ expertise in language and second language development. “This groundbreaking volume ably takes on the gap that currently exists between generative linguistic theory in second language acquisition (GenSLA) and second language pedagogy, by gathering chapters from GenSLA researchers who are interested in the relevance and potential application of their research to second/foreign language teaching. It offers a welcome and thought-provoking contribution to any discussion of the relation between linguistic theory and practice. I recommend it not only for language teachers interested in deepening their understanding of the formal properties of the languages they teach, but also for linguists interested in following up on more practical consequences of the fruits of their theoretical and empirical research.” Donna Lardiere, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition
Author: Lydia White
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1989-01-01
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9027224617
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis authoritative textbook provides an overview and analysis of current second language acquisition research conducted within the generative linguistic framework. Lydia White argues that second language acquisition is constrained by principles and parameters of universal grammar.
Third Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar
Author: Yan-kit Ingrid Leung
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 1847691315
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume presents studies which approach the relatively new field of third language (L3) acquisition from the generative linguistic perspective. It aims to bring together researchers who are interested in L3 acquisition and who are at the same time working within the generative framework i.e. Chomsky's Universal Grammar (UG) approach to language acquisition. A total of nine contributions are included, reporting research on L3 involving different combinations of source/target languages and investigating various UG-related properties.
Language Acquisition
Author: Susan Foster-Cohen
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009-07-16
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 023024078X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a snapshot of the field of language acquisition at the beginning of the 21st Century. It represents the multiplicity of approaches that characterize the field and provides a review of current topics and debates, as well as addressing some of the connections between sub-fields and possible future directions for research.
Language and Social Minds
Author: Vittorio Tantucci
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-04-15
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 1108484824
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProposes a new empirical model to analyse how humans can express social cognition at different levels of complexity.
Second Language Acquisition
Author: Susan M. Gass
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780805835281
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a thorough revision of the highly successful text first published in 1994. The authors retain the multidisciplinary approach that presents research from linguistics, sociology, psychology, and education, in a format designed for use in an introductory course for undergraduate or graduate students. The research is updated throughout and there are new sections and chapters in this second edition as well. New chapters cover child language acquisition (first and second), Universal Grammar, and instructed language learning; new sections address issues, such as what data analysis doesn't show, replication of research findings, interlanguage transfer (multilingual acquisition and transfer), the aspect hypothesis, general nativism, connectionist approaches, and implicit/explicit knowledge. Major updates include nonlanguage influences and the lexicon. The workbook, Second Language Learning Data Analysis, Second Edition, makes an ideal accompaniment to the text.
Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition
Author: Vivian Cook
Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 1993-07-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0333555341
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book covers approaches to second language research that in some way conform to the agenda of linguistics. It presents the actual methodology and results of research rather than just the conclusions or interpretations. It covers the main current theories, research methods and techniques, and it considers the crucial problems involved in relating Second Language Acquisition to linguistics.
