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Publication details [#29981]

Kanno, Kazue. 1996. Access to universal grammar in second-language acquisition: Data from the interpretation of null arguments in Japanese. Linguistics 34 (2) : 397–412.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

argument | interpretation | L2-acquisition | universal grammar

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter Mouton

ISBN

0024-3949

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/LING/html

Annotation

This paper explores whether universal grammar is accessible to adults, learning Japanese as a second language, focusing on the acquisition of a UG principle that regulates the interpretation of null arguments in Japanese.