Knowledge of reflexives in a second language [[electronic resource] /] / Margaret Thomas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789639403321
• Autore: Thomas Margaret (Margaret Ann), <1952->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993
• ISBN: 1-283-28022-1; 9786613280220; 90-272-8176-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 234 p.) : ill
• Collana: Language acquisition & language disorders, , 0925-0123 ; ; v. 6
• Disciplina: 418.007
• Soggetti: Second language acquisition; Grammar, Comparative and general - Reflexives; Anaphora (Linguistics)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-228) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Language acquisition and linguistic theory; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Language acquisition and linguistic theory; 1.3 Debate about the availability of UG to L2 learners; 1.4 Three hypotheses about the role of UG in adult L2 acquisition; Chapter 2 Constraints on the interpretation of anaphors; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Binding Theory; 2.3 Preferences; 2.4 Critique of Manzini and Wexler; Chapter 3 Acquisition of constraints on anaphors; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Research on L1 learners' knowledge of anaphors; 3.3 Hypotheses A, B, and ? and the interpretation of anaphors in L23.4 L2 learners' knowledge of anaphors; 3.5 Unresolved issues; Appendix; Chapter 4 L2 learners' knowledge of English reflexives; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Subjects; 4.3 Materials; 4.4 Procedure; 4.5 Results; 4.6 Discussion; Appendices; Chapter 5 L2 learners' knowledge of Japanese zibun; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Subjects; 5.3 Materials; 5.4 Procedure; 5.5 Results; 5.6 Discussion; Appendices; Chapter 6 Alternative views; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Reappraisal of Manzini and Wexler; 6.3 Alternative approaches to the grammar of anaphors; 6.4 Acquisition of reflexives under movement hypotheses 6.5 ; Acquisition of reflexives in L2 revisited; Chapter 7 Conclusion; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Second language learners' knowledge of reflexives; 7.3 Implications; 7.4 Future prospects; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This study addresses the debate about whether adult language learners have access to the principles and parameters of universal grammar in constructing the grammar of a second language. The data are based on two related experiments. The first examines the interpretation of English reflexive pronouns by native speakers of Japanese and of Spanish. The second experiment examines the interpretation of the Japanese reflexive zibun by native speakers of English and of Chinese. Three hypotheses are evaluated: (a) that UG is unavailable, and that processing strategies or other non-linguistic