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Knowledge of Reflexives in a Second Language.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, Margaret
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.
Colección:Language acquisition & language disorders ; 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 hypotheses6.5 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