New Frontiers and Connections in Second Language Acquisition
Selected Proceedings of the 17th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA-17) Conference
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This volume contains a representative sample of studies presented at the 17th meeting of the Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition conference (GASLA-17). The chapters explore new frontiers, and make connections between second language acquisition, bilingualism, psycholinguistic methods, and computational methods. The chapters ask theoretically informed questions about the underlying grammars of language learners and bilinguals, use experimental methods to arrive at answers to those questions, and consider the value of using ‘big data’ to address questions in generative second language acquisition. This volume is intended for scholars and students of generative second language acquisition and related fields. It builds on prior literature by addressing the acquisition of a variety of phenomena (in syntax, semantics, pragmatics and phonology), by a variety of populations, and using a variety of data collection methods.
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 71] Expected June 2026. vi, 385 pp. + index
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Table of Contents
- New frontiers and connections in second language acquisition: IntroductionTania Ionin and Silvina Montrul | pp. 1–6
- Part 1. Adult SLA
- Acquisition of universal constraints by Japanese learners of English: A case of the that-trace effect involving adverbial interventionKasumi Takahashi and Yuichi Ono | pp. 8–32
- Pronoun interpretation in L1 and L2 English: When native speaker performance is unexpectedLydia White, Heather Goad, Guiherme D. Garcia, Natália B. Guzzo, Liz Smeets and Jiajia Su | pp. 33–50
- L1 transfer or default local readings for reflexives? Evidence from Turkish and EnglishBurcu Boran and Liz Smeets | pp. 51–73
- The effect of real-world knowledge on the L2 acquisition of English inverse scopeBaorui Xu, Theres Grüter and Bonnie D. Schwartz | pp. 74–100
- Acquiring the scope of logical connectives and negation in Japanese as a second languageTokiko Okuma | pp. 101–128
- How adults interpret disjunction under negation in native and nonnative KoreanYoungin Lee | pp. 129–152
- Understanding some in context: Inhibitory control predicts L2 sensitivity to QUDGlenn Starr | pp. 153–175
- Part 2. Bilingual populations
- Spanish modal infinitival constructions in English–Spanish bilingual grammars: Acquisition despite poverty of stimulus?Vanesa Alonso González and Juana M. Liceras | pp. 178–202
- Examining the relationship between filler words and code-switchingAmelia Tighe | pp. 203–229
- A study of code-switched compound verbs in Persian-Dutch bilingualsLuisa Meroni, Mona Hashemi Nejad and Andrea Gualmini | pp. 230–254
- Part 3. Third language acquisition and multilingualism
- Morphosyntactic cues primarily, and language use secondarily, determine transfer source in the L3 ‘Grappling Period’Hunter Brakovec | pp. 256–278
- The importance of individual data in L3 acquisition: A reanalysis of Mitrofanova, Leivada, and Westergaard (2023)Hunter Brakovec, Mike Iverson, Jeanne McGill, Bonnie D. Schwartz and Rex A. Sprouse | pp. 279–301
- Acquiring expressions of generic meanings in L3 NorwegianMarta Velnić, Roumyana Slabakova and Anne Dahl | pp. 302–330
- Redeploying dimensions and learning gestures in the acquisition of new sounds: Glottalized consonants in Mayan languagesBrett C. Nelson, Antonio A. González Poot, John Archibald and Darin Flynn | pp. 331–357
- Part 4. New directions
- Big educational language learning data (BELL): Any good for Generative SLA research?Theodora Alexopoulou | pp. 360–383