Title: Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquisition: Promises and Problems in Critically Relating Theory and Empirical Studies
Abstract: The two papers, one by Haegeman and one by Felix, in this volume, both represent a subtle new approach to a Universal Grammar (UG)-determined model of second language (L2) acquisition, one wherein L2 learning is viewed as involving the resetting of parameters and the application of universal principles of UG. triggered by positive evidence. On this view, L2 learning is considered to be at least partially similar to first language (L1) acquisition, and the UG model of the initial state is viewed as a constant property of biological competence. The emphasis throughout is on adult L2 acquisition.
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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