Second Language Acquisition of Articles

Empirical findings and theoretical implications
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-272-5310-1
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 49, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 675 g

Reihe: Language Acquisition and Language Disorders

The studies in this collection address a topic that has recently become the focus of considerable interest in second language acquisition (SLA) research: the acquisition of articles. Languages appear to vary in whether they have articles (English, German, Norwegian do, but Chinese, Japanese, Russian do not). Languages that have articles also appear to divide into those that realise definiteness (e.g. English) and those that realise specificity (e.g. Samoan). When speakers of one type of language learn an L2 of a different type, issues of central concern to SLA research arise: the nature of L1 influence, the time course of development, ultimate attainment, the relationship between performance and competence, and the role of Universal Grammar. These issues are considered in nine studies, written by researchers whose work is at the forefront of enquiry, that offer new data, new perspectives and new insights into the way L2 speakers acquire articles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

García Mayo, María del Pilar

Hawkins, Roger

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of editors and contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The interest of article acquisition for theories of SLA
María del Pilar García Mayo and Roger Hawkins
Part I. Article choice, fluctuation and L1 transfer in the acquisition of articles by L2 speakers
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
Part II. Further issues in the representation and use of articles by L2 speakers
Article use and generic reference: Parallels between L1- and L2-acquisition
Tania Ionin and Silvina A. Montrul
Variability in L2 acquisition of Norwegian DPs: An evaluation of some current SLA models
Fufen Jin, Tor A. Åfarlí 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
Author index
Language index
Term index