The Structure of Learner Varieties

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2005

The Structure of Learner Varieties

Edited by: Henriëtte Hendriks

Volume 28 in the series Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110909593

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This volume brings together ten contributions to the study of untutored (mainly) second but also first language acquisition. All chapters have been written from a functionalist perspective and take as the main theoretical framework a model of spontaneous second language acquisition centered on the "basic variety" as proposed by Klein and Perdue. The chapters in the volume are grouped around two research themes. The first theme concerns the acquisition of scope phenomena (negation, scope particles), the second one deals with referential movement (reference to person, time and space). Both parts provide insights in the structure of learner varieties at various stages of development, and are followed by a discussion chapter.

Scope phenomena, such as negation and frequency adverbials present an important learning problem, as learners have to reconcile the logical structure of their utterances with the syntactic specifics of the language being learned. Their acquisition has been relatively neglected in studies up to date, however, and we even lack detailed knowledge about the interpretation of scope particles in the target languages. The chapters in this part of the volume set out to provide more knowledge about scope phenomena in general; more detailed descriptions of the particles in the languages under consideration; and a more general understanding of how scope is acquired. Strong findings resulting from the "ESF" project suggested universal trends in how untutored learners deal with acquisition in the very early stages (the basic variety). Chapters in this second part of the volume on referential movement look at acquisition at more advanced stages, including the production of near native speakers. Learners who progress beyond the basic variety increasingly grammaticalise their productions. This later development is supposedly more variable, as more specific aspects of the target languages are now being acquired. Chapters in this part allow to shed more light on the question regarding universal and language-specific influences on language acquisition.

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Henriëtte Hendriks is Assistant Director of Research at the Research Centre of English and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge, Great Britain.

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The Structure of Learner Varieties: Introduction to the volume Henriëtte Hendriks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Referential movement
Reference to persons and objects in the function of subject in Learner Varieties Bernt Ahrenholz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Reference to person in learner discourse Marina Chini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Structuring space in discourse: A comparison of Chinese, English, French and German LI and English, French and German L2 acquisition Henriëtte Hendriks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Two dimensions of the representation of complex event structures: granularity and condensation. Towards a typology of textual production in LI and L2 Colette Noyau, Cristina de Lorenzo, Maria Kihlstedt, Urszula Paprocka, Gema Sanz Espinar and Ricarda Schneider Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Cross-linguistic analysis of temporal perspectives in text production Christiane von Stutterheim and Monique Lambert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Determinants in first and second language acquisition: person, space, and time in discourse across languages Maya Hickmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Part II: Scope
The semantic knowledge base for the acquisition of negation and the acquisition of finiteness Angelika Becker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
The acquisition of negation in Italian L2 Giuliano Bernini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
The acquisition of negation in French L2. An analysis of Moroccan Arabic and Spanish “learner varieties” Patrizia Giuliano and Daniel Véronique Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
Additive and Restrictive Particles in Italian as a Second Language. Embedding in the verbal utterance structure Cecilia Andorno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
Additive Scope Particles in Advanced Learner and Native Speaker Discourse Marzena Watorek and Christine Dimroth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
Reading from outside: Acquisitional patterns in a cross-linguistic approach Davide Ricca Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	489
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researchers in Language Acquisition and Second Language Acquisition; Applied Linguists, Psycholinguists; Linguists.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 515
Illustrations
- Other: Num. figs. and tab.
Keywords: Zweitspracherwerb; Spracherwerb; Psycholinguistik

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Published: December 22, 2011
ISBN: 9783110909593

Hardcover

Published: June 16, 2005
ISBN: 9783110184686