LINGUIST List 14.631

Tue Mar 4 2003

Books: Psycholinguistics: White

Editor for this issue: Dina Kapetangianni <dinalinguistlist.org>

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1. jreid, Second Language Aquisition and Universal Grammar: White

	
Title: Second Language Aquisition and Universal Grammar
Series Title: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
			
Publication Year: 2003
			
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 
 http://www.cup.org		 
			
Book URL: http://us.cambridge.org/linguistics
			
 
Author: Lydia White, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec,Canada 
				

Hardback: ISBN: 0521792053, Pages: 332, Price: $65.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0521796474, Pages: 332, Price: $24.00

			
Abstract:

This authoritative textbook is an overview and analysis of current
second language acquisition research, conducted within the generative
linguistic framework. It argues for a role for Universal Grammar in
second language acquisition. Theories as to the role of Universal
Grammar and the extent of language transfer are presented along with
relevant empirical research. Properties of early developmental stage
grammars are examined, as well as the nature of the final outcome of
the acquisition process.

Contents:

1. Universal Grammar and Language Acquisition; 2. Principles of
Universal Grammar in L2 Acquisition; 3. The Initial State; 4. Grammars
Beyond the Initial State: Parameters and Functional Categories; 5. The
Transition Problem, Triggering and Input; 6. Morphological Variability
and the Morphology/Syntax Interface; 7. Argument Structure;
8. Ultimate Attainment: the Nature of the Steady State

Lingfield(s): Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics
			 
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)