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The Structure of Learner Varieties (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)
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The Structure of Learner Varieties (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)
Series: Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]
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This volume brings together ten contributions to the study of
untutored (mainly) second but also first language acquisition. All
chapters have been written from a functionalist perspective and
take as the main theoretical framework a model of spontaneous
second language acquisition centered on the "basic variety" as
proposed by Klein and Perdue. The chapters in the volume are
grouped around two research themes. The first theme concerns the
acquisition of scope phenomena (negation, scope particles), the
second one deals with referential movement (reference to person,
time and space). Both parts provide insights in the structure of
learner varieties at various stages of development, and are
followed by a discussion chapter. Scope phenomena, such as negation
and frequency adverbials present an important learning problem, as
learners have to reconcile the logical structure of their
utterances with the syntactic specifics of the language being
learned. Their acquisition has been relatively neglected in studies
up to date, however, and we even lack detailed knowledge about the
interpretation of scope particles in the target languages. The
chapters in this part of the volume set out to provide more
knowledge about scope phenomena in general; more detailed
descriptions of the particles in the languages under consideration;
and a more general understanding of how scope is acquired. Strong
findings resulting from the "ESF" project suggested universal
trends in how untutored learners deal with acquisition in the very
early stages (the basic variety). Chapters in this second part of
the volume on referential movement look at acquisition at more
advanced stages, including the production of near native speakers.
Learners who progress beyond the basic variety increasingly
grammaticalise their productions. This later development is
supposedly more variable, as more specific aspects of the target
languages are now being acquired. Chapters in this part allow to
shed more light on the question regarding universal and
language-specific influences on language acquisition.
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