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Evidence for the Fundamental Difference Hypothesis or Not?: Island Constraints Revisited
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Belikova, Alyona; White, Lydia – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2009
This article examines how changes in linguistic theory affect the debate between the fundamental difference hypothesis and the access-to-Universal Grammar (UG) approach to SLA. With a focus on subjacency (Chomsky, 1973), a principle of UG that places constraints on "wh"-movement and that has frequently been taken as a test case for verifying…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Language Research, Grammar
An Interactionist Approach to L2 Sentence Interpretation.
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Gass, Susan M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986
Deals with the issue of sentence processing in a second language (L2) showing how L2 learners resolve the problem of competing factors of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics in the processing of L2 utterances. The results of a study involving sentence interpretation by L2 learners of English are presented. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Interaction