Current Trends in Child Second Language Acquisition
A generative perspective
Editors
| Bogaziçi University
| University of Iowa
This volume presents recent generative research on the nature of grammars of child second language (L2) acquirers -- a learner population whose exposure to an L2 occurs between the ages of 4 to 8. The main goal is to define child L2 acquisition in relation to other types of acquisition such as child monolingual and bilingual acquisition, adult L2 acquisition, and specific language impairment. This comparative perspective opens up new angles for the discussion of currently debated issues such as the role of Universal Grammar in constraining development, developmental sequences in L2, maturational influences on the 'growth' of grammar, critical period effects for different linguistic domains, initial state and ultimate attainment in relation to length of exposure, and L1-transfer in relation to age of onset. These issues are explored using longitudinal, cross-sectional, and experimental data from L2 children acquiring a range of languages, including Dutch, English, French, and Greek.
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 46] 2008. vi, 363 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction
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1
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3–15
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17–53
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55–80
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Part II. The acquisition of D-elements
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81
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83–96
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97–142
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Part III. Morphological variability
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143
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145–175
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177–207
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209–235
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237–267
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Part IV. Comparisons of child L1, child L2 and adult L2
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269
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271–300
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301–333
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Part V. Typical vs. atypical child L2 acquisition
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335
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337–356
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Index
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357–363
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“This book is an important contribution to the field of SLA and would be ideal for use as a text in a graduate seminar course. A key strength is the comparative approach adopted, which renders this book of potential interest to researchers in the field of Child SLA as well as to researchers in the related areas of adult SLA and also monolingual and bilingual Child L1 acquisition.”
Usha Lakshmanan, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, in SSLA 31, 2009
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Subjects
BIC Subject: CFDC – Language acquisition
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General