Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 250 pages) : illustrations |
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Language acquisition and language disorders, 0925-0123 ; v. 47 |
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Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 47.
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Contents |
Representational Deficits in SLA; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Prosodic transfer and the representation of determiners in Turkish-English interlanguage; Exploring Mandarin Chinese speakers' L2 article use; Successful features; Non-permanent representational deficit and apparent target-likeness in second language; Acquisition of the local binding characteristics of English reflexives and the obligatory status of English objects by Chinese-; Selective deficits at the syntax-discourse interface |
Summary |
The main focus of this collection is to explore the question of "representational deficits" in second language acquisition, currently a much-debated topic. The volume is intended as a tribute to Roger Hawkins, a leading scholar in generative second language acquisition, whose research has been devoted to explaining lack of native-like success in terms of representational deficits. The papers in this volume feature a range of studies, all undertaken within a generative linguistic framework, which investigate various properties of L2 grammar bearing on the question of whether or not there are re |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Second language acquisition.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Generative grammar.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- General.
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Generative grammar
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Second language acquisition
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Genre/Form |
Festschriften
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Festschriften.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Hawkins, Roger (Roger D.)
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Snape, Neal.
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Leung, Yan-kit Ingrid.
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Sharwood Smith, Michael, 1942-
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LC no. |
2008045265 |
ISBN |
9789027289995 |
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9027289999 |
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1282104845 |
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9781282104846 |
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9786612104848 |
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6612104848 |
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