The Development Of The Grammatical System In Early Second Language Acquisition

Author : Anke Lenzing
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027271690
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Development of the Grammatical System in Early Second Language Acquisition written by Anke Lenzing and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Christopher Brumfit Award in Applied Linguistics.The Development of the Grammatical System in Early Second Language Acquisition focuses on the acquisition process of early L2 learners. It is based on the following key hypothesis: the initial mental grammatical system of L2 learners is constrained semantically, syntactically and mnemonically. This hypothesis is formalised as the Multiple Constraints Hypothesis. The empirical test of the Multiple Constraints Hypothesis is based on a large database including cross-sectional and longitudinal data from square-one ESL beginners. The study demonstrates that the postulated constraints are relaxed successively as learning progresses. The book is intended for postgraduate students as well as SLA researchers.

Author : Jürgen M. Meisel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110846063
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two First Languages written by Jürgen M. Meisel and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-10-13 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.

Author : Robert Dekeyser
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9781405135818
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammatical Development in Language Learning written by Robert Dekeyser and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2005-04-29 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is learning the grammar of a second language difficult? The present volume brings together insights from leading researchers, published in the past five years of the journal Language Learning, to identify the multiple factors that combine to challenge learners in attaining full proficiency in a second language. An innovative synthesis of recent research on grammar and second language acquisition. Highlights the importance of transparency in form-meaning relations as well as learners' aptitudes and previous language learning experiences. Shows how diminutives facilitate gender acquisition in Russian. Demonstrates how learners make semantic distinctions in acquiring gender distinction in French. Evaluates the role of phonological short-term memory in the acquisition of gender in a semi-artificial linguistic system. A useful collection for a graduate seminar on psycholinguistic aspects of second language acquisition.

Author : Jürgen M. Meisel
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027284970
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bilingual First Language Acquisition written by Jürgen M. Meisel and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1994-09-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions in this volume are based on an analysis of data from bilingual children acquiring French and German simultaneously. The longitudinal studies started at approximately age one year and six months and continued till age six. The papers focus on the development of specific grammatical phenomena; explanations are given within the framework of the Principle and Parameter approach. The study is primarily concerned with the acquisition of so-called 'functional categories' and the consequences of their acquisition for the development of grammar. Specific points dealt with in these papers include: gender, number and case and their internal structure (DP vs NP); inflection and its consequences for agreement marking; and word order phenomena (subject-raising constructions (incl. passives), word order in subordinate clauses). The basic hypothesis underlying this study is that early child grammars consist only of lexical categories and that functional categories are implemented later in the child's grammar. How this happens exactly is the central issue explored in this book.

Author : Camilla Bettoni
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329427653
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammatical development in second languages. Exploring the boundaries of Processability Theory written by Camilla Bettoni and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen D. Krashen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition written by Stephen D. Krashen and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Tomasello
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521374960
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Verbs written by Michael Tomasello and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-03-27 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the second year of his daughter's life, Michael Tomasello kept a detailed diary of her language, creating a rich database. He made a careful study of how she acquired her first verbs and analysed the role that verbs played in her early grammatical development.

Author : Usha Lakshmanan
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027224757
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Grammar in Child Second Language Acquisition written by Usha Lakshmanan and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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.

Author : Dominique Bassano
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027271895
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammaticalization and First Language Acquisition written by Dominique Bassano and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammaticalization and lexicalization are at the heart of first language acquisition. Understanding how these processes begin and evolve is a major challenge for current theories and has implications for applications in teaching or clinical contexts. This volume examines the relative weight of cognitive and linguistic determinants of acquisition with particular attention to two questions. The first one concerns the origins of grammar and the processes underlying its development. Is grammatical knowledge innate or constructed by the child? Is it modular or does it interact with other capacities? How can we account for continuity and discontinuity in development? What is the role of input? Second, considerable variation is observed in lexical and grammatical development across child languages. Is the process of acquisition similar in all children or do language-specific factors impact its rhythm and course? Do typological factors determine children’s reliance on lexical or grammatical means of expression in some domains? Originally published in Language, Interaction and Acquisition - Langage, Interaction et Acquisition 2:1 (2011).

Author : Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317932994
Total Pages : 269 pages
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Download or read book The Prefunctional Stage of First Language Acquistion (RLE Linguistics C: Applied Linguistics) written by Ianthi-Maria Tsimpli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a theory of first language acquisition in the syntactic framework of the theory of Universal Grammar. It addresses issues related to the earliest stage of development which ends roughly around the child’s second birthday. The theory put forward capitalises on the traditional observation that early child grammars characteristically lack lexical and morphological elements which belong to the ‘closed-class’ system. This book provides an account of the grammatical differences between the set of functional categories and the substantive categories.