Universal grammar and second language acquisition /
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| Author / Creator: | White, Lydia, 1946- |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam : Benjamins, 1989. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 198 pages) : illustrations. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 1 Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 1. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11103374 |
| Summary: | This book explores the relationship between linguistic universals and second language acquisition. Although no knowledge of generative grammar is presupposed, the theoretical framework underlying the work is the principles and parameters approach to Universal Grammar (UG), as realized in Chomsky's Government and Binding theory.<br> In recent research, the question has arisen as to whether the principles and parameters of UG remain available in language acquisition that is non-primary. Within second language acquisition theorizing, hypotheses have ranged from UG playing no role at all to UG operating exactly as in primary language acquisition. In this work the theoretical arguments and data from the whole spectrum are reviewed.<br> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 198 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9027224617 9789027224613 9789027281814 9027281815 1556190921 9781556190926 155619093X 9781556190933 9027224625 |