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Generative SLA in the Age of Minimalism
Features, interfaces, and beyond
Selected proceedings of the 15th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference
This volume brings together empirical studies and keynote addresses presented at the 15th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition conference hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno in 2019. The studies selected for the volume reflect how the latest developments in generative syntactic theory and psycholinguistic methodologies have impacted second language acquisition research in the last decade, from the linguistic properties under investigation and L1-L2/Ln language pairings down to the specific research questions in each study. The minimalist view of language architecture is at the center of studies investigating L2 acquisition of raising, scope, definiteness, phonological representations, and interlanguage transfer. The volume also showcases the latest research on interface phenomena, language processing, and working memory. Studies analyze data collected with a variety of L2 populations from adult foreign language learners to adolescent L3 learners and heritage speakers.
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 67] 2022. vii, 318 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 27 July 2022
Published online on 27 July 2022
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments | pp. vii–viii
- IntroductionElena Shimanskaya | pp. 1–8
- L2 acquisition of syntax
- Intervention effects in L1 and L2 English raising: Evidence from acceptability judgments and response timesPamela Franciotti and Gita Martohardjono | pp. 11–40
- Explaining the difficulty with L2 acquisition of scope interpretation by speakers of a scope-rigid languageTakayuki Kimura | pp. 41–66
- Definiteness and argument position in the interpretation of bare nouns: From L1 Mandarin to L2 EnglishMichael C. Stern, Veneeta Dayal, Gita Martohardjono, Ming Chen and Christen N. Madsen II | pp. 67–92
- L1-Mandarin L2-English learners’ acquisition of English double-quantifier scopeMien-Jen Wu and Tania Ionin | pp. 93–114
- L2 acquisition at interfaces
- Feature dependency and the poverty of the stimulus in the acquisition of L2 German plural allomorphyJohn Archibald | pp. 117–136
- Development of L2 prosody: The case of information focusAtsushi Fujimori, Noriko Yamane, Noriko Yoshimura, Mineharu Nakayama, Brian Teaman and Kiyoko Yoneyama | pp. 137–156
- Transfer of prosodic representation: L1 Bengali production of L2 English regular simple past tenseJacqueline Ingham | pp. 157–188
- Impact of previously learned languages
- The role of L1 Norwegian and L2 English in the acquisition of verb placement in L3 GermanAnne Dahl, Kjersti Faldet Listhaug and Guro Busterud | pp. 191–212
- Feature reconfiguration at the syntax-discourse interface: L2 acquisition of Italian CLLDLiz Smeets | pp. 213–240
- Exploring extra-linguistic factors and their impact on L2 acquisition
- Interference-based and capacity-based approaches to working memory in second language sentence processingIan Cunnings | pp. 243–264
- Heritage language speakers inform the critical period hypothesis for first and second language acquisitionSilvina Montrul | pp. 265–286
- A different type of RC attachment resolution: Comparing bilingual and trilingual processingMarina Sokolova and Roumyana Slabakova | pp. 287–314
- Subject index | pp. 315–318
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