Current Trends in Child Second Language Acquisition
A generative perspective
Editors
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
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Part I. Introduction
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Recent perspectives in child second language acquisitionBelma Haznedar and Elena Gavruseva | pp. 3–15
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Progressive aspect in child L2 EnglishTania Ionin | pp. 17–53
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Child second language acquisition or successive first language acquisition?Jürgen M. Meisel | pp. 55–80
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Part II. The acquisition of D-elements
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Misrepresentation of Dutch neuter gender in older bilingual children?Susanne Brouwer, Leonie Cornips and Aafke Hulk | pp. 83–96
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Comparing child and adult L2 acquisition of the Greek DP: Effects of age and constructionVicky Chondrogianni | pp. 97–142
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Part III. Morphological variability
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The development of copula and auxiliary be and overgeneration of be in child L2 EnglishElena Gavruseva | pp. 145–175
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Truncation in child L2 acquisition: Evidence from verbless utterancesPhilippe Prévost | pp. 177–207
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The status of subjects in early child L2 EnglishMohsen Mobaraki, Anne Vainikka and Martha Young-Scholten | pp. 209–235
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The morphology/syntax interface in child L2 acquisition: Evidence from verbal morphologyVasfiye Geçkin and Belma Haznedar | pp. 237–267
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Part IV. Comparisons of child L1, child L2 and adult L2
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Testing the Domain-by-Age Model: Inflection and placement of Dutch verbsElma Blom | pp. 271–300
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Comparing child L2 development with adult L2 development: How to measure L2 proficiencySharon Unsworth | pp. 301–333
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Part V. Typical vs. atypical child L2 acquisition
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Tense as a clinical marker in English L2 acquisition with language delay/impairmentJohanne Paradis | pp. 337–356
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Index | pp. 357–363
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Usha Lakshmanan, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, in SSLA 31, 2009
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BIC Subject: CFDC – Language acquisition
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General