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Peer reviewedComrie, Bernard – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1990
Explores research and theory regarding the relation between second-language acquisition and language universals research with respect to three phenomena: extraction; structure dependence; and the distribution of overt reflexives. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedWhite, Lydia – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1990
Discusses the motivation for Universal Grammar (UG), as assumed in the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar (Chomsky, 1981), focusing on the logical problem of first-language acquisition and the potential role of UG in second-language acquisition. Recent experimental research regarding the second-language status of the…
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Universals
Peer reviewedCarroll, Susanne; Meisel, Jurgen M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1990
Argues for a shift in emphasis in the investigation of universals in second-language acquisition. To construct a psycholinguistically plausible theory of acquisition, research must proceed simultaneously on the elaboration of several theories regarding computation consistent with human biology, structural universals and variation, meaning, and…
Descriptors: Encoding (Psychology), Language Research, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedLakshmanan, Usha – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1995
Reviews recent research in universal grammar-based child second language acquisition (SLA) research, arguing that child SLA studies can better explore the role of biological factors in language acquisition and strengthen the links between SLA and linguistic theory. (129 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Children, Grammar, Language Research
Peer reviewedGasser, Michael – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1990
Examines the implications of connectionist models of cognition for second-language theory, in which all knowledge is embodied in a network of simple processing units joined by connections that are strengthened or weakened in response to regularities in input patterns. A connectionist framework is proposed within which hypotheses about…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Processing, Language Universals
Peer reviewedKlein, Wolfgang – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1990
Discusses the minimal requirements that any serious theory of language acquisition must meet, including the particular properties of the human language processor and linguistic and nonlinguistic input. A review of literature regarding the role of Universal Grammar in second-language acquisition suggests alternative theories to investigate for…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Research, Language Universals
Peer reviewedTomlin, Russell S. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1990
Examines the role of functional approaches to linguistics in understanding second-language acquisition (SLA), focusing on central premises, tenets, and theoretical problems. It is concluded that functional universals are too insufficiently grounded theoretically and empirically to contribute more than heuristic guidance to SLA theory. (141…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Research
