Linguistic Theory in Second Language Acquisition
Suzanne Flynn and Wayne O'Neil Massachusetts Institute of Technology I. INTRODUCTION The theory of Universal Grammar (UG) as explicated e. g. in Chomsky, 1986, has led to explosive developments in the study of natural language as well as to significant ad
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STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Managing Editors: Tom Roeper, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Kenneth Wexler, School of Social Sciences, University of California at Irvine
Editorial Board: Robert Berwick, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory,
MIT, Cambridge, Mass. Manfred Bierwisch, Zentralinst. fur Sprachwissenschaft, Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR Merrill Garrett, MIT, Cambridge, Mass. Lila Gleitmann, School of Education, University of Pennsylvania Mary-Louise Kean, University of California at Irvine Howard Lasnik, University of Connecticut at Storrs John Marshall, Neuropsychology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford Daniel Osherson, MIT, Cambridge, Mass. Yukio Otsu, Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo Edwin Williams, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
1988
LINGUISTIC THEORY IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Edited by
SUZANNE FLYNN Department oj Foreign Languages and Literatures. Massachusetts Institute oj Technology. Cambridge. U.S.A.
and WAYNE O'NEIL Department oj LingUIstics and Philosophy. Massachusetts Institute oj Technology. Cambridge. U.S.A.
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data LinguIstics In second language acquisition edited by Suzanne Flynn and Wayne O'Neil, p, em. -- (Studies In theoretIcal psychollngulstlCS) Includes bIblIographIes and Indexes. I. Second language acquIsItion. 2. Grammar. Co~paratlve and general. I. Flynn. Suzanne. II. O'Neil. Wayne A. III. Series.
P118.2.l56 1988
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ORIGINAL PROGRAM
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS S. H.YNN and W. O'NEIL / Introduction
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PART A THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION K. HALE I Linguistic Theory: Generative Grammar F. NEWMEYER and S. WEINBERGER / The Ontogenesis of the Field of Second Language Learning Research
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PARTB PARAMETERS
H. CLAHSEN / Parameterized Grammatical Theory and Language Acquisition: A Study of the Acquisition of Verb Placement and Inflection by Children and Adults S. H.YNN / Nature of Development in L2 Acquisiti
