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Title Representational Deficits in SLA : Studies in Honor of Roger Hawkins / edited by Neal Snape, Yan-kit Ingrid Leung, Michael Sharwood Smith
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 250 pages) : illustrations
Series Language acquisition and language disorders, 0925-0123 ; v. 47
Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 47.
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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Subject Second language acquisition.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Generative grammar.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- General.
Generative grammar
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
Second language acquisition
Genre/Form Festschriften
Festschriften.
Form Electronic book
Author Hawkins, Roger (Roger D.)
Snape, Neal.
Leung, Yan-kit Ingrid.
Sharwood Smith, Michael, 1942-
LC no. 2008045265
ISBN 9789027289995
9027289999
1282104845
9781282104846
9786612104848
6612104848
Other Titles Studies in honor of Roger Hawkins