How do second language learners come to know the combinatorial
properties of words and phrases -- the syntax - of the languages
they are learning?
Do they develop knowledge systematically or randomly?
Can they acquire the same range of syntactic knowledge as native
speakers of their target language?
What effects might different kinds of exposure to the second
language have on their knowledge?
Adopting the objectives of Chomsky's Principles and Parameters
approach to Universal Grammar, "Second Language Syntax" takes the
reader through the main research findings in second language
grammatical development. For each area, empirical findings are
linked to proposals made by linguists working within the Principles
and Parameters framework, with the aim of developing a theory of
second language syntax.
"Second Language Syntax" presupposes that readers have some
knowledge of the aims of linguistic enquiry, but does not assume
that they are familiar with either research on second language
syntax or the Principles and Parameters framework. Each chapter
includes a set of exercises to promote assimilation of the
material, as well as suggestions for further reading.
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