| Optionality and overgeneralisation patterns in second language acquisition: Where has the expletive ensconced itself? Contributor(s): Kosta, Peter (Other), Varley, Nadia (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631667981 ISBN-13: 9783631667989 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $70.98 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | German - Foreign Language Study | Russian - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 415 |
| LCCN: 2015029917 |
| Series: Potsdam Linguistic Investigations / Potsdamer Linguistische |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.13 lbs) 269 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book discusses the nature of optionality in second language grammars and the indeterminacy observed in second language users' linguistic representations. For these purposes, experimental data from 213 learners of German and 150 learners of Russian have been collected and analysed with a special focus on the acquisition of various subjectless and impersonal constructions as well as argument licensing. Whereas voice alternations and argument licensing are topics amply discussed in theoretical domains, their practical implementation within second language research has remained a research lacuna. This piece of work intends to fill the gap. |