Universal Grammar and the Initial State of Second Language Learning: Evidence of Chinese Multidialectal Children's Acquisition of English at the Syntax-Semantics Interface - Couverture souple

Han, Weifeng

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9811524513 ISBN 13 : 9789811524516

Editeur : Springer Verlag, Singapore, 2020

Synopsis

Contents1 Introduction References 2 Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition 2.1 UG and L2 learning 2.2 The L2 initial state References 3 Cross-Linguistic Transfer and Second Language Learnability 3.1 Positive and negative cross-linguistic transfer 3.2 Cross-linguistic transfer and L2 syntactic development delays References 4 Syntax-Semantics Interface and the Form-Meaning Mismatch Between L1 and L2 4.1 Syntax-semantics interface 4.2 The form-meaning mismatch between L1 and L2 4.3 Sentence grammaticality and acceptability 4.4 Semantic role 4.5 A theoretical dilemma References 5 Chinese as the L1 in L2 Learning 5.1 Chinese and Chinese dialects 5.1.1 Phonology 5.1.2 Vocabulary 5.1.3 Writing 5.1.4 Syntax 5.2 Terminological issues of "Chinese" as the L1 References 6 Chinese Multidialectal Child Learners' Acquisition of English at the Syntax-Semantics Interface 6.1 The L2 syntax-semantics interface awareness study 6.1.1 Purpose 6.1.2 Participants 6.1.3 The sentence-picture matching task 6.1.4 Results 6.2 Discussion 6.2.1 Preliminary considerations 6.2.2 UG access and the L2 initial state in cL2A 6.2.3 Cross-linguistic transfer at the syntax-semantics interface 6.2.4 Abstract representation in L2 6.2.5 Language distance and L2 learning 6.2.6 Multi-competence and input in L2 learning 6.2.7 The demographic factors in L2 learning References 7 Conclusion References

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À propos de l?auteur

​Dr Weifeng Han currently lectures on linguistics and phonetics in speech pathology at Flinders University in South Australia. His teaching and research interests encompass what and how linguistics may contribute to what SLPs need for practice in multilingual and multicultural contexts. He is currently working on a series of projects investigating how the ability to use multiple dialects in the first language may affect the learning of English as a second language among Chinese child learners, and how this will have implications for speech and language diagnosis and assessment. He is an expert on the application of mixed methods in data analysis and discussion.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Verlag, Singapore
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9811524513
• ISBN 13: 9789811524516
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 87
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