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Publication details [#50101]
Hawkins, Roger. 2004. The contribution of the theory of Universal Grammar to our understanding of the acquisition of French as a second language. Journal of French Language Studies 14 (3) : 233–255.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Journal WWW
Annotation
It is argued that the assumption that humans have a mental architecture, specifically dedicated to (even second) language acquisition – Universal Grammar –, has enabled considerable progress in the comprehension of second language French.