24.2736, Books: Interpretation of English Reflexives by Child and Adult L2 Learners: Al Kafri

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Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 20:23:40
From: Chris Humphrey [chumphrey at c-s-p.org]
Subject: Interpretation of English Reflexives by Child and Adult L2 Learners: Al Kafri

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Title: Interpretation of English Reflexives by Child and Adult L2
Learners 
Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
	   http://www.c-s-p.org

Book URL: http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Interpretation-of-English-Reflexives-by-Child-and-Adult-L2-Learners1-4438-4832-8.htm 

Author: Amer Al Kafri

Hardback: ISBN: 1443848328 9781443848329 Pages: 215 Price: U.K. £ 44.99
Hardback: ISBN: 1443848328 9781443848329 Pages: 215 Price: U.S. $ 67.99

Abstract:

This book casts new light on the debate of adult L2 learners’ access to
Universal Grammar (UG) by comparing the performance of adult L2 learners with
that of child L2 learners. The study in this book compares Arabic- and
Chinese-speaking child and adult L2 learners’ acquisition of English
reflexives, particularly concentrating on the differences between child and
adult L2 learners in terms of their a) acquisition of the local binding of
English reflexives, b) obedience of UG constraints on reflexives and c)
knowledge of the syntactic differences between reflexives and pronouns.

The outline of the book goes as follows: chapter one is a general introduction
to the study. Chapter two discusses the linguistic assumptions and empirical
evidence of Usage-Based-Approaches and Generative Approaches with regards to
language acquisition, in general, and the interpretation of reflexives, in
particular. Adopting Generative Grammar as a theoretical background for this
study, age effects on access to UG in first and second language acquisition
are discussed in chapter three. Chapter four presents different views on
access to UG in second language acquisition and reviews previous studies on
the acquisition of reflexives by L2 learners. Chapter five discusses the
methodology of this study in terms of participants’ selection, materials used,
procedures followed and data analysed. Chapter six presents the results of the
study, and chapter seven discusses the results of the study with regards to
previous studies and theories. The study shows that the grammar of adult L2
learners is constrained by UG and they can have full access to UG in advanced
stages of L2 acquisition.

The findings of this study will be of interest to L2 researchers in generative
grammar, in general, and in second language acquisition, in particular.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

Written In: English  (eng)

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