Point Counterpoint
Universal Grammar in the second language
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Point Counterpoint offers a series of papers and replies originally presented at a special session of the Second Language Research Forum, UCLA, March 1989. The focus of the papers is primarily the role of Universal Grammar in second language acquisition, though the agenda also includes discussion of other fundamental questions, viz., the explanatory potential of linguistic theory in native-language development. It may come as no surprise that the contributors and their respondents often present very different perspectives on the issues, for most of the authors were known in advance to hold contrasting points of view. Contributors (c) and Respondents (r) are: Wolfgang Klein (c)/Nina Hyams (r); Sascha Felix (c)/Jacquelyn Schachter (r); Suzanne Flynn & Sharon Manuel (c)/David Birdsong (r); Lydia White (c)/Robert Bley-Vroman (r); Peter Jordens (c)/Lynn Eubank (r); Jurgen Meisel (c)/Bonnie Schwartz (r); Sharon Hilles (c)/William O'Grady (r); Daniel Finer (c)/Margaret Thomas (r); Usha Lakshmanan (c)/Nina Hymans & Ken Safir (r).
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 3] 1991. x, 439 pp.
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Table of Contents
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Introduction: Universal Grammar in the Second LanguageLynn Eubank | p. 1
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Seven Trivia of Language AcquisitionWolfgang Klein | p. 49
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Seven Not-So-Trivial Trivia of Language Acquistion: Comments on Wolfgang KleinNina Hyams | p. 71
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The Accessibility of Universal Grammar in Second Language AcquisitionSascha Felix | p. 89
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Issues in the Accessibility Debate: A Reply to felixJacquelyn Schachter | p. 105
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Age-dependent Effects in Language Acquuisition: An Evaluation of “Critical Period” HypothesesSuzanne Flynn and Sharon Manuel | p. 117
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On the Notion of “Critical Period” in UG/L2 Theory: A Response to Flynn and ManuelDavid Birdsong | p. 147
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Second Language Competence versus Second Language Performance: UG or Processing Strategies?Lydia White | p. 167
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Processing, Contraints on Acquisition, and the Parsing of Ungrammatical SentencesRobert Bley-Vroman | p. 191
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Linguistic Knowledge in Second Language AcquisitionPeter Jordens | p. 199
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Transfer or Universal Grammar: Reply to JordensLynn Eubank | p. 219
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Principles of Universal Grammar and Strategies of Language Learning: Some Similarities and Differencies between First and Second Language AcquisitionJürgen M. Meisel | p. 231
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Conceptual and Empirical Evidence: A Response to MeiselBonnie D. Schwartz | p. 277
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Access to Universal Grammar in Second Language AcquisitionSharon Hilles | p. 305
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Language Acquisition and the “Pro-Drop” Phenomenon: A response to HillesWilliam O’Grady | p. 339
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Binding Parameters in Second Language AcquisitionDaniel L. Finer | p. 351
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Do Second Language Learners Have “Rogue” Grammars of Anaphora?Margaret Thomas | p. 375
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Morphological Uniformity and Null Subjects in Child Second Language AcquisitionUsha Lakshmanan | p. 389
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Evidence, Analogy and Passive Knowledge: Comments on LakshmananNina Hyams and Ken Safir | p. 411
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Abbreviations | p. 419
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Index | p. 421
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