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Paths of Development in L1 and L2 acquisition

In honor of Bonnie D. Schwartz

Edited by Sharon Unsworth, Teresa Parodi, Antonella Sorace and Martha Young-Scholten

Utrecht University / University of Cambridge / University of Edinburgh / University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 39

2006. viii, 222 pp.
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The main focus of generative language development research in recent decades has been the logical problem of language acquisition - how learners go beyond the input to acquire complex linguistic knowledge. This collection deals with the complementary issue of the developmental problem of language acquisition: How do learners move from one developmental stage to another and how and why do grammars develop in a certain fashion? Building on considerable previous research, the authors address both general and specific issues related to paths of development. These issues are tackled through considering studies of L1 and L2 children and L2 adults learning a range of languages including Dutch, English, French, German, Greek and Japanese.

List of contributors	vii–viii
Introduction Sharon Unsworth, Teresa Parodi, Antonella Sorace and Martha Young-Scholten	1–14
The acquisition of voice and transitivity alternations in Greek as native and second language Ianthi Maria Tsimpli	15–55
Do root infinitives ever have an overt subject in child French? Cécile De Cat	57–76
The roots of syntax and how they grow: Organic grammar, the basic variety and processability theory Anne Vainikka and Martha Young-Scholten	77–106
Neuter gender and interface vulnerability in child L2/2L1 Dutch Aafke Hulk and Leonie Cornips	107–134
The development of PATHS: Spatial complexity and the multiple predicate strategy David Stringer	135–160
More evidence on the knowledge of unaccusativity in L2 Japanese Makiko Hirakawa	161–186
What transfers? Melinda Whong	187–199
Full transfer full access: A processing-oriented interpretation Michael Sharwood Smith and John Truscott	201–216
Name index	217–219
Subject Index	221–222

Linguistics: Generative linguistics
Language acquisition
Theoretical linguistics

Paths of Development in L1 and L2 acquisition

In honor of Bonnie D. Schwartz

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