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Peer reviewedEckman, Fred R. – Second Language Research, 1996
Evaluates arguments advanced in favor of special nativism in second-language acquisition (SLA). The article considers the following claims: Universal Grammar (UG) is the null hypothesis; any theory of SLA needs a theory of grammar; and showing that interlanguage grammars are underdetermined by the available input implies that UG must be accessible…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Hypothesis Testing
