Author : Lena Dal Pozzo
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ISBN 13 : 9788892733060
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis New information subjects in L2 acquisition: evidence from Italian and Finnish by : Lena Dal Pozzo
Download or read book New information subjects in L2 acquisition: evidence from Italian and Finnish written by Lena Dal Pozzo and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent work on second language acquisition within the generative framework has pointed out interfaces (syntax-discourse, syntax-semantics, etc.) as a residual domain of vulnerability in L2. Rather than in core syntax, it is at the interface level that the divergence between native and non-native grammars has been shown to be more prominent. In this book the investigation of answering strategies and the focalization of new information subjects, which require access to the syntax-discourse interface, will be pursued. Data is collected through an oral elicitation task on Finnish and Italian, a rather unexplored language pair, in various stages of language development: advanced and intermediate L2 acquisition, L1 under L2 attrition, early bilingualism, child monolingual L1 development.