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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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Book/Text | Use in library | P118.2 .L35 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- 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
- 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