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    Online Resource
    Amsterdam ; : John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
    UID:
    edocfu_9959240231902883
    Format: 1 online resource (viii, 234 p.) : , ill.
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 1-283-28022-1 , 9786613280220 , 90-272-8176-9
    Series Statement: Language acquisition & language disorders, v. 6
    Content: This study addresses the debate about whether adult language learners have access to the principles and parameters of universal grammar in constructing the grammar of a second language. The data are based on two related experiments. The first examines the interpretation of English reflexive pronouns by native speakers of Japanese and of Spanish. The second experiment examines the interpretation of the Japanese reflexive zibun by native speakers of English and of Chinese. Three hypotheses are evaluated: (a) that UG is unavailable, and that processing strategies or other non-linguistic
    Note: Description based upon print version of record. , CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Language acquisition and linguistic theory; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Language acquisition and linguistic theory; 1.3 Debate about the availability of UG to L2 learners; 1.4 Three hypotheses about the role of UG in adult L2 acquisition; Chapter 2 Constraints on the interpretation of anaphors; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Binding Theory; 2.3 Preferences; 2.4 Critique of Manzini and Wexler; Chapter 3 Acquisition of constraints on anaphors; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Research on L1 learners' knowledge of anaphors , 3.3 Hypotheses A, B, and ? and the interpretation of anaphors in L23.4 L2 learners' knowledge of anaphors; 3.5 Unresolved issues; Appendix; Chapter 4 L2 learners' knowledge of English reflexives; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Subjects; 4.3 Materials; 4.4 Procedure; 4.5 Results; 4.6 Discussion; Appendices; Chapter 5 L2 learners' knowledge of Japanese zibun; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Subjects; 5.3 Materials; 5.4 Procedure; 5.5 Results; 5.6 Discussion; Appendices; Chapter 6 Alternative views; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Reappraisal of Manzini and Wexler; 6.3 Alternative approaches to the grammar of anaphors , 6.4 Acquisition of reflexives under movement hypotheses 6.5 Acquisition of reflexives in L2 revisited; Chapter 7 Conclusion; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Second language learners' knowledge of reflexives; 7.3 Implications; 7.4 Future prospects; Notes; References; Index , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 90-272-2469-2
    Language: English
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