The Lexicon–Syntax Interface in Second Language Acquisition

Editors

Roeland van Hout

| University of Nijmegen

Aafke Hulk

| University of Amsterdam

Folkert Kuiken

| University of Amsterdam

Richard J. Towell

| University of Salford

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Second language acquisition has to integrate the totality of the SLA process, which includes both the learning of the core syntax of a language and the learning of the lexical items that have to be incorporated into that syntax. But these two domains involve different kinds of learning. Syntax is learnt through a process of implementing a particular set of universal structures, whereas the learning of lexis is characterised by the building up of associations (or connections). Yet these two systems must come together in the creation of a whole linguistic system in the mind of an individual. This book is designed to state the implications of these two paradigms in as clear a way as possible through examples of the research carried out within each paradigm and to examine how they can be made to inter-relate in a way which would enable us to explain better the overall process of SLA.

[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 30] 2003. viii, 234 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/lald.30

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Second language acquisition research in search of an interface Richard J. Towell	1–20
2. Locating the source of defective past tense marking in advanced L2 English speakers Roger Hawkins and Sarah Ann Liszka	21–44
3. Perfect projections Norbert Corver	45–68
4. L1 features in the L2 output Ineke van de Craats	69–95
5. Measures of competent gradience Nigel Duffield	97–127
6. Lexical storage and retrieval in bilinguals Ton Dijkstra	129–150
7. Inducing abstract linguistic representations: Human and connectionist learning of noun classes John N. Williams	151–174
8. Neural substrates of representation and processing of a second language Laura L. Sabourin and Marco Haverkort	175–195
9. Neural basis of lexicon and grammar in L2 acquisition: The convergence hypothesis David W. Green	197–218
10. The interface: Concluding remarks Roeland van Hout, Aafke Hulk and Folkert Kuiken	219–226
Name index	227–228
Subject index	229–232

“This work represents the latest developments in the generative/psycholinguistic studies of second language acquisition. It will certainly advance our understanding of this important area of study.”

Liang Chen, University of Georgia, in Language Vol. 81(4), 2006

“All of the chapters are well written, discuss important questions in L2 acquisition research, and use a variety of research methodologies and populations. For these reasons, this book makes an excellent contribution to linguistics, psychology and L2 acquisition. I highly recommend it for graduate students and researchers interested in any of these fields or approaches to L2 acquisition and bilingualism. The editors should be applauded for attempting to bridge the gap between these two often competing approaches to L2 acquisition and for showing that there is much to be gained by bringing the two perspectives together. I hope this book encourages more dialogue and collaboration between researchers in linguistics and psychology.”

Silvina Montrul, Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in The Modern Language Journal 90(1), 2006

“The volume is an insightful and meticulously selected and organised collection of papers on the latest developments in the generative/psycholinguistic studies of L2 grammar. Towell's introduction to the volume goes much beyond an ordinary introduction to papers in a collection: it beautifully contextualises the contributions in generative and psychological paradigms of research in general and the implications for SLA research in particular.”

Ahmad Reza Lofti, University at Khorasgan, on Linguist List 15-646, 2004

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Subjects

Linguistics

Language acquisition

Syntax

Semantics

BIC Subject: CFDC – Language acquisition

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2003051906