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OverviewThis text illustrates how second language acquisition (SLA) data can instigate linguistic exploration and help inform linguistic and acquisition theory in crucial ways. It also offers insights into the relationship between first and second language acquisition, Universal Grammar (UG), and the target language input. Specifically, examination of the L2 development of pied-piping and preposition stranding in English questions and relative clauses shows that the required preposition is frequently omitted by learners who have demonstrated accurate subcategorization knowledge of verbal complements in related declarative constructions. The ""null-prep"" data in the L2 grammar leads to a cross-linguistic investigation of this syntactic phenomenon in the world's languages; it also motivates exploration of the complex English input learners receive as positive evidence. An analysis of null-prep, piping and stranding is posited, including the relevant principles and parameters of UG involved. Based on this linguistic analysis, alternative explanations for the L2 phenomenon are offered, representing challenges to UG and markedness-based accounts of second language acquisition. Such challenges should be of interest to linguists as well as to students, teachers, researchers and scholars interested in second language acquisition, particularly in its relationship to UG. Full Product DetailsAuthor: E.C. KleinPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: 1993 ed. Volume: 17 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.350kg ISBN: 9780792324638ISBN 10: 0792324633 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 30 September 1993 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of Contents1. Markedness Theory and Second Language Acquisition.- 1. Introduction.- Notes.- 2. Pied-Piping and Preposition Stranding.- 2. Introduction.- Notes.- 3. The Null-Prep Phenomenon.- 3. Introduction.- Notes.- 4. Null-Prep: L2 Experimental Data.- 4. Introduction.- Notes.- 5. Null-Prep: Cross-Linguistic Data.- 5. Introduction.- Notes.- 6. The Syntax of Null-Prep.- 6. Introduction.- Notes.- 7. English Prepositions and the Relative Clause Parameters.- 7. Introduction.- Notes.- 8. Explaining Null-Prep in the L2 Grammar.- 8. Introduction.- Notes.- Appendix 1: Target and Filler Sentences.- Appendix 2: Types of Errors and Corrections Coded.- References.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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