Meaning and Structure in Second Language Acquisition

In honor of Roumyana Slabakova

Editors

Jacee Cho

| University of Wisconsin-Madison

Michael Iverson

| Indiana University

Tiffany Judy

| Wake Forest University

Tania Leal

| University of Nevada, Reno

Elena Shimanskaya

| West Virginia University

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This volume presents a range of studies testing some of the latest models and hypotheses in the field of second/third language acquisition, such as the Bottleneck Hypothesis (Slabakova, 2008, 2016), the Scalpel Model (Slabakova, 2017), and the Interface Hypothesis (Sorace & Serratrice, 2009) to name a few. The studies explore a variety of linguistic properties (e.g., functional morphology, linguistic properties at the syntax-discourse interface) by focusing on distinct populations (L2 acquisition, L3/LN acquisition, Heritage Speakers), while also considering the links between experimental linguistic research, generative linguistics, and, in some cases, language pedagogy. Dedicated to Roumyana Slabakova, each chapter can be directly linked to her work in terms of the empirical testing of extant hypotheses, the formulation of new models and ideas, and her efforts to advance the dialogue between different disciplines and frameworks. Overall, the contributions in the volume bear evidence of Slabakova’s enduring influence in the field as a collaborator, teacher, and researcher.

[Studies in Bilingualism, 55] 2018. xv, 311 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.55

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction Jacee Cho, Michael Iverson, Tiffany Judy, Tania Leal and Elena Shimanskaya	ix–xv
Part I. Second Language Acquisition	3–119
Chapter 1. Testing the morphological congruency effect in offline comprehension: L2 Russian Genitive of Negation Jacee Cho	3–34
Chapter 2. Mapping at external interfaces: Embedded clitic left dislocations in L2 Spanish Tania Leal	35–66
Chapter 3. Another look at L2 acquisition of French clitics and strong pronouns Elena Shimanskaya	67–94
Chapter 4. Animacy-based processing loads in anaphora resolution in (non-native) French: Evidence for privileged interface representations Laurent Dekydtspotter, Mark Black, Rodica Frimu and Amber Rae Panwitz	95–119
Part II. The Bottleneck Hypothesis	123–177
Chapter 5. The Bottleneck Hypothesis as applied to the Spanish DP Tiffany Judy	123–148
Chapter 6. The Bottleneck Hypothesis extends to heritage language acquisition Silvina Montrul	149–177
Part III. The Scalpel Model and L3 acquisition	181–260
Chapter 7. Testing the predictions of the Scalpel Model in L3/Ln acquisition: The acquisition of null and overt subjects in L3 Chinese Maria Clements and Laura Domínguez	181–202
Chapter 8. Proficiency and transfer effects in the acquisition of gender agreement by L2 and L3 English learners Ainara Imaz Agirre and María del Pilar García Mayo	203–227
Chapter 9. Language dominance and transfer selection in L3 acquisition: Evidence from sentential negation and negative quantifiers in L3 English Eloi Puig-Mayenco, David Miller and Jason Rothman	229–260
Part IV. Applied SLA	263–308
Chapter 10. What is easy and what is hard: Lessons from linguistic theory and SLA research Lydia White	263–282
Chapter 11. Generative second language acquisition and language teaching: Advancing the dialogue Heather Marsden	283–308
Subject Index	309

Subjects

Linguistics

Bilingualism

Language acquisition

Syntax

Theoretical linguistics

BIC Subject: CFDC – Language acquisition

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

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2018020731