Second language acquisition of articles : empirical findings and theoretical implications

Publication Data

• Title Second language acquisition of articles : empirical findings and theoretical implications
• Contributors María del Pilar García Mayo, Roger Hawkins
• Publisher John Benjamins Pub. Company
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location Amsterdam
• Language English

Contents

Introduction : the interest of article acquisition for theories of SLA / Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo and Roger Hawkins
Article choice in L2 English by Spanish speakers : evidence for full transfer / Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo
Accounting for non-target like performance in L2 English article production by native speakers of Syrian Arabic and French / 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. Afarli, 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.

Topics

• Second language acquisition
• Grammar, Comparative and general :: Article

Second language acquisition of articles : empirical findings and theoretical implications. ISBN 9789027289117. Published by John Benjamins Pub. Company in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.