The L2 acquisition of Spanish subjects : multiple perspectives / Margaret Lubbers Quesada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lubbers Quesada, Margaret, author.

Series:

Studies on language acquisition ; 50.

SOLA Studies on language acquisition ; volume 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Study and teaching--English speakers.

Spanish language--Subjectless constructions.

Spanish language--Pronouns.

Second language acquisition.

Spanish language.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Pronoun.

Physical Description:

xvi, 290 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]

Summary:

This volume has two principle objectives: the first is to understand what it is that L2 learners are capable of acquiring in terms of subject expression in Spanish. The second aim is to identify the distinct contributions of each theoretical model and the like findings among them to discover common ground among varying perspectives in L2 acquisition research. This examination of the diverse body of research considers a wider range of universal properties of language, thus bringing us closer to a unified account of the L2 acquisition of Spanish subject expression. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction L2 history and theories of second language acquisition

Subjects in Spanish parametrics studies in the acquisition of subject pronouns

The syntax-pragmatics interface in the acquisition of subject pronouns

Processing studies and L2 subject pronoun acquisition in Spanish

discourse-pragmatics approaches in the acquisition of subject

A variationist approach to L2 subject acquisition

Summary of findings

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781614515937

161451593X

OCLC:

910475620