Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Flynn, Suzanne.
2. O'Neil, Wayne A.
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Description

1. xiii, 443 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series statement

1. Studies in theoretical psycholinguistics

Uniform title

1. Studies in theoretical psycholinguistics.

Subject

1. Second language acquisition
2. Grammar, Comparative and general
3. Gramática comparada y general
4. Langue seconde > Acquisition
5. Grammaire comparée et générale
6. Tweedetaalverwerving
7. Language acquisition

Contents

1. Introduction / S. Flynn and W. O'Neil -- Linguistic theory : generative grammar / K. Hale -- The ontogenesis of the field of second language learning research / F. Newmeyer and S. Weinberger -- Parameterized grammatical theory and language acquisition : a study of the acquisition of verb placement and inflection by children and adults / H. Clahsen -- Nature of development in L2 acquisition and implications for theories of language acquisition in general / S. Flynn -- Linguistic theory, neurolinguistics and second language acquisition / L. Travis -- Second language acquisition : a biolinguistic perspective / L. Jenkins -- Neurolinguistics and parameter setting / L. Obler -- The acquisition of infinitive and gerund complements by second language learners / I. Mazurkewich.
2. Island effects in second language acquisition / L. White -- On the role of linguistic theory in explanations of second language developmental grammars / M. Sharwood Smith -- L2 learnability : delimiting the domain of core grammar as distinct from the marked periphery / J. Liceras -- Kinds of markedness / J.W. Gair -- The categorial status of modals and L2 acquisition / L. Haegeman -- UG-generated knowledge in adult second language acquisition / S. Felix -- Prosodic phonology and the acquisition of a second language / E. Broselow -- Universal grammar in second language acquisition : promises and problems in critically relating theory and empirical studies / B. Lust -- Pidginization as language acquisition / D. Macedo and F. D'Introno.
3. All paths lead to the mental lexicon / J. Aitchison -- Intermorphology and morphological theory : a plea for a concession / R. Singh and G. Martohardjono -- Second language acquisition and linguistic theory : the role of language transfer / S. Gass -- Grammatical theory and L2 acquisition : a brief overview / W. Rutherford -- Typological and parametric views of universals in second language acquisition / F. Eckman.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Papers from a conference held Oct. 25-27, 1985, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographies and indexes.