Lydia White

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List of John Benjamins publications for which Lydia White plays a role.

Book series

Language Acquisition and Language Disorders (LALD)

Edited by Roumyana Slabakova and Lydia White

ISSN 0925-0123

Journal

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism (LAB)

Edited by Holger Hopp and Tanja Kupisch

ISSN 1879-9264 | E-ISSN 1879-9272

Titles

L2 Acquisition and Creole Genesis: Dialogues

Edited by Claire Lefebvre, Lydia White and Christine Jourdan

[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 42] 2006. viii, 433 pp.

Subjects Creole studies | Language acquisition | Multilingualism | Theoretical linguistics

Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition

Lydia White

[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 1] 1989. xii, 198 pp.

Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Articles

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Goad, Heather and Lydia White 2019 Reply to commentaries Epistemological issue with keynote article “Prosodic effects on L2 grammars”, pp. 895–900

Goad, Heather and Lydia White 2019 Prosodic effects on L2 grammars Epistemological issue with keynote article “Prosodic effects on L2 grammars”, pp. 769–808

This paper provides an overview of the Prosodic Transfer Hypothesis (PTH), which accounts for certain difficulties that learners experience with L2 morphosyntax. We focus on inflection and articles, which have often been accounted for through defective syntactic representations or problems with the… read more | Article

White, Lydia 2018 Chapter 4. Formal linguistics and second language acquisition Bilingual Cognition and Language: The state of the science across its subfields, Miller, David, Fatih Bayram, Jason Rothman and Ludovica Serratrice (eds.), pp. 57–78

This paper motivates formal linguistic approaches to second language (L2) acquisition, particularly approaches grounded in generative grammar, and provides an overview of how such approaches have developed over time. The role of the mother tongue grammar and Universal Grammar (UG) in shaping the… read more | Chapter

White, Lydia 2018 Chapter 10. What is easy and what is hard: Lessons from linguistic theory and SLA research Meaning and Structure in Second Language Acquisition: In honor of Roumyana Slabakova, Cho, Jacee, Michael Iverson, Tiffany Judy, Tania Leal and Elena Shimanskaya (eds.), pp. 263–282

This chapter presents an overview of research, past and present, which has explored the extent to which linguistic theory and generative second language (L2) research offer insights for the language classroom. A number of issues are addressed, including the potential role of negative evidence,… read more | Chapter

Kupisch, Tanja, Alyona Belikova, Öner Özçelik, Ilse Stangen and Lydia White 2017 Restrictions on definiteness in the grammars of German-Turkish heritage speakers Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 7:1, pp. 1–32

This paper reports on a study investigating restrictions on definiteness (the Definiteness Effect) in existential constructions in the two languages of Turkish heritage speakers in Germany. Turkish and German differ in how the Definiteness Effect plays out. Definite expressions in German may not… read more | To be specified

White, Lydia 2016 Pro-drop then and now: Changing perspectives on null subjects in second language acquisition Language Acquisition Beyond Parameters: Studies in honour of Juana M. Liceras, Alba de la Fuente, Anahí, Elena Valenzuela and Cristina Martínez Sanz (eds.), pp. 17–35

This paper provides an overview and analysis of changing perspectives on null subjects in L2 research. Three phases of research are identified, focusing on: (i) the issue of parameter resetting, conceived in terms of the null subject parameter as originally formulated; (ii) the relationship of null… read more | Article

White, Lydia 2014 Epistemological issue with keynote article “Early, late or very late? Timing acquisition and bilingualism” by Ianthi Maria Tsimpli, pp. 387–391

Commentary

White, Lydia, Alyona Belikova, Paul Hagstrom, Tanja Kupisch and Öner Özçelik 2012 : Affirmative and negative existentials in the L2 English of Turkish and Russian speakers Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 2:1, pp. 54–89

In this paper we investigate whether learners of L2 English show knowledge of the Definiteness Effect (Milsark, 1977), which restricts definite expressions from appearing in the existential there-insertion construction. There are crosslinguistic differences in how restrictions on definiteness play… read more | Article

White, Lydia 2011 : How far does it extend? Epistemological issue with keynote article “Pinning down of “interface” in bilingualism” by Antonella Sorace, pp. 108–110

Commentary

Goad, Heather and Lydia White 2009 Prosodic transfer and the representation of determiners in Turkish-English interlanguage Representational Deficits in SLA: Studies in honor of Roger Hawkins, Snape, Neal, Yan-kit Ingrid Leung and Michael Sharwood Smith (eds.), pp. 1–26

Problems with the second language (L2) acquisition of articles in Turkish-English interlanguage are examined, specifically omission, substitution of other determiners in place of articles, overuse of stressed articles and differential treatment of articles in DPs with and without adjectives.… read more | Article

Goad, Heather and Lydia White 2009 Articles in Turkish/English interlanguage revisited: Implications of vowel harmony Second Language Acquisition of Articles: Empirical findings and theoretical implications, García Mayo, María del Pilar and Roger Hawkins (eds.), pp. 201–232

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White, Lydia 2007 ‘Internal’ versus ‘external’ universals: Commentary on Eckman What Counts as Evidence in Linguistics: The case of innateness, Penke, Martina and Anette Rosenbach (eds.), pp. 241–243

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Lefebvre, Claire, Lydia White and Christine Jourdan 2006 Introduction L2 Acquisition and Creole Genesis: Dialogues, Lefebvre, Claire, Lydia White and Christine Jourdan (eds.), pp. 1–14

Miscellaneous

Goad, Heather and Lydia White 2004 Ultimate attainment of L2 inflection: Effects of L1 prosodic structure EUROSLA Yearbook: Volume 4 (2004), Foster-Cohen, Susan H., Michael Sharwood Smith, Antonella Sorace and Mitsuhiko Ota (eds.), pp. 119–145

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White, Lydia 2004 ‘Internal’ versus ‘external’ universals: Commentary on Eckman What Counts as Evidence in Linguistics?: The case of innateness, Penke, Martina and Anette Rosenbach (eds.), pp. 704–706

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White, Lydia, Cynthia Brown, Joyce Bruhn de Garavito, Dongdong Chen, Makiko Hirakawa and Silvina Montrul 1999 Psych verbs In Second Language Acquisition The Development of Second Language Grammars: A generative approach, Klein, Elaine C. and Gita Martohardjono (eds.), pp. 171 ff.

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