
Knowledge of Reflexives in a Second Language
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Three hypotheses are evaluated: (a) that UG is unavailable, and that processing strategies or other non-linguistic principles guide second language acquisition; (b) that UG is available only in the form in which it is instantiated in the learner's native language; (c) that UG is fully available, including the ability to re-set parameters to UG-sanctioned values not instantiated in the learner's native language.
The results show that learners observe constraints defined by Manzini and Wexler's parameterized version of Principle A of the binding theory and support the proposal that adult learners have access to universal grammar. A final chapter reviews the experimental data in the light of recent accounts of cross-linguistic variation in the grammar of anaphors which reject parameterization of the binding principles in favor of a "movement to INFL" analysis.
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- Intro
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Language acquisition and linguistic theory
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Language acquisition and linguistic theory
- 1.3 Debate about the availability of UG to L2 learners
- 1.4 Three hypotheses about the role of UG in adult L2 acquisition
- Chapter 2 Constraints on the interpretation of anaphors
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Binding Theory
- 2.3 Preferences
- 2.4 Critique of Manzini and Wexler
- Chapter 3 Acquisition of constraints on anaphors
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Research on L1 learners' knowledge of anaphors
- 3.3 Hypotheses A, B, and and the interpretation of anaphors in L2
- 3.4 L2 learners' knowledge of anaphors
- 3.5 Unresolved issues
- Appendix
- Chapter 4 L2 learners' knowledge of English reflexives
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Subjects
- 4.3 Materials
- 4.4 Procedure
- 4.5 Results
- 4.6 Discussion
- Appendices
- Chapter 5 L2 learners' knowledge of Japanese zibun
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Subjects
- 5.3 Materials
- 5.4 Procedure
- 5.5 Results
- 5.6 Discussion
- Appendices
- Chapter 6 Alternative views
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Reappraisal of Manzini and Wexler
- 6.3 Alternative approaches to the grammar of anaphors
- 6.4 Acquisition of reflexives under movement hypotheses
- 6.5 Acquisition of reflexives in L2 revisited
- Chapter 7 Conclusion
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Second language learners' knowledge of reflexives
- 7.3 Implications
- 7.4 Future prospects
- Notes
- References
- Index
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