Second language acquisition of articles : empirical findings and theoretical implications / edited by María del Pilar García Mayo, Roger Hawkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

García Mayo, María del Pilar.

Hawkins, Roger (Roger D.)

Series:

Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 49.

Language acquisition & language disorders

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Article.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

viii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2009]

Contents:

Introduction : the interest of article acquisition for theories of SLA / María del Pilar García Mayo and Roger Hawkins

Article choice in L2 English by Spanish speakers : evidence for full transfer / María del Pilar García Mayo

L2 English article production by Arabic and French speakers / Ghisseh Sarko

Questioning the validity of the article choice parameter and the fluctuation hypothesis : evidence from L2 English article use by L1 Polish and L1 Mandarin Chinese speakers / Marta Tryzna

The processing role of the article choice parameter : evidence from L2 learners of English / Lucy Kyoungsook Kim and Usha Lakshmanan

Accounting for patterns of article omissions and substitutions in second language production / Danijela Trenkic

Article use and generic reference : parallels between L1- and L2-acquisition / Tania Ionin and Silvina Montrul

Variability in the L2 acquisition of Norwegian DPs : an evaluation of some current SLA models / Fufen Jin, Tor A. Åfarli, and Wim A. van Dommelen

Articles in Turkish/English interlanguage revisited : implications of vowel harmony / Heather Goad and Lydia White

Article choice and article omission in the L3 German of native speakers of Japanese with L2 English / Carol Jaensch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789027253101

9027253102

9789027289117

9027289115

OCLC:

320697116