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Universal grammar in child second language acquisition : null subjects and morphological uniformity

Title
Universal grammar in child second language acquisition : null subjects and morphological uniformity / Usha Lakshmanan.
Author
Lakshmanan, Usha.
Publication
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©1994.

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Description
162 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
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 reg.
Series Statement
Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 10
Uniform Title
Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 10.
Subject
  • Second language acquisition
  • Grammar, Comparative and general
  • Grammar, Comparative and general
  • Second language acquisition
  • Fremdsprachenlernen
  • Kind
  • Morphosyntax
  • Universalgrammatik
  • Tweedetaalverwerving
  • Kinderen
  • Universele grammatica
  • Pro-drop
  • Langue seconde > Acquisition
  • Grammaire comparée et générale
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Syntactic Theory and Child Second Language Acquisition --- 2. Theoretical Framework --- 3. Null Subjects in Developing Grammars --- 4. Morphological Uniformity and Null Subjects in Child L2 Grammars --- 5. Discussion and Conclusions; References; Index.
ISBN
  • 9027224757
  • 9789027224750
  • 1556192479
  • 9781556192470
  • 9027224862
  • 9789027224866
LCCN
94026067
OCLC
  • ocm30701671
  • 30701671
  • SCSB-2037352
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library