03454nam 22005774a 450 991081830540332120200520144314.01-282-16251-9978661216251090-272-9820-3(CKB)1000000000520443(OCoLC)50648490(CaPaEBR)ebrary5004943(SSID)ssj0000256931(PQKBManifestationID)11209587(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000256931(PQKBWorkID)10227705(PQKB)11128241(MiAaPQ)EBC623199(EXLCZ)99100000000052044320001229d2001 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTelicity in the second language /Roumyana Slabakova1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia, PA John Benjamins Pub. Co.c20011 online resource (248 p.)Language acquisition & language disorders ;v. 26Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-58811-038-9 90-272-2494-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-229) and index.Telicity in the Second Language -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Aspect and theories of second language acquisition -- Semantic and syntactic treatments of telicity -- English and Slavic telicity: A syntactic account -- First and second language acquisition of aspect -- An experimental study of the L2 acquisition of telicity -- Discussion, implications, and conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index -- LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS (LALD).The author combines a syntax-theoretical treatment of telicity marking and an empirical study of the second language acquisition of English telicity marking by native speakers of Bulgarian, a Slavic language. It is argued that Vendler's lexical classes of verbs (states, activities, accomplishments and achievements) can be represented in four phrase structure templates, where lexical properties of the verb and of the object compositionally determine telicity. A parameterized distinction between English and Slavic aspect is proposed. The book addresses two major acquisition issues: (1) what is the nature of the initial hypothesis Bulgarian learners of English entertain regarding telicity marking (i.e., is there native language transfer)? (2) are adult learners capable of resetting the telicity marking parameter? Both L1 transfer and parameter resetting are experimentally supported. In addition, the study investigates the L2 acquisition of a cluster of complex predicate constructions, purportedly related to the telicity parameter in the grammatical competence and in child language acquisition of English.Language acquisition & language disorders ;v. 26.Second language acquisitionGrammar, Comparative and generalAspectSecond language acquisition.Grammar, Comparative and generalAspect.401/.93Slabakova Roumyana1671321MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818305403321Telicity in the Second Language4096367UNINA