Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America (GALANA)

Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America (GALANA)
Author: Alyona Belikova
Publisher:
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2007
Genre: Language acquisition
ISBN: 9781574734195

This proceedings contains 46 papers and posters presented at the 2nd Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America (GALANA), which was held August 17-19, 2006, in Montreal. The authors examine first and second language acquisition issues in a large number of languages. The papers focus on the acquisition of syntax, semantics, phonology, and morphology.

Selected Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America (GALANA 2012)

Selected Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America (GALANA 2012)
Author: Chia-Ying Chu
Publisher: Cascadilla Proceedings Project
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2014
Genre: Language acquisition
ISBN: 9781574734638

This volume contains 19 papers selected from among those presented at the 5th Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition -- North America, which took place from October 11-13, 2012 at the University of Kansas. The papers are grouped into sections on phonology; syntax; syntax-semantics/pragmatics interfaces; tense, aspect, and negation; and quantifiers and quantification.

Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America (GALANA 2008)

Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America (GALANA 2008)
Author: Jean Crawford
Publisher: Cascadilla Proceedings Project
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2009
Genre: Language acquisition
ISBN: 9781574734362

This volume contains 33 papers and posters presented at the 3rd Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America (GALANA 2008), which was held at the University of Connecticut in Storrs from September 4-6, 2008. The conference included a special focus on language acquisition and cross-linguistic variation, as well as original research in many areas of first and second language acquisition.

The Acquisition of French

The Acquisition of French
Author: Philippe Prévost
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027253129

This book presents a thorough description of morphosyntactic knowledge developed by learners of French in four different learning situations first language (L1) acquisition, second (L2) language acquisition, bilingualism, and acquisition by children with Specific Language Impairment within the theoretical framework of generative grammar. This approach allows for multiple comparisons across acquisition contexts, which provides the reader with invaluable insights into the nature of the acquisition process. The book is divided into four parts each dealing with a major morphosyntactic domain of acquisition: the verbal domain, the pronominal domain, the nominal domain, and the CP domain. Each part contains four chapters, the first one presenting an overview of the basic facts and analyses of the relevant properties of French, and the next three focusing on the different acquisition contexts. This book will be useful to anyone interested in the acquisition of French and in language development in general. It is also meant to stimulate cross-linguistic research from a theoretical perspective."

L2 Acquisition and Creole Genesis

L2 Acquisition and Creole Genesis
Author: Claire Lefebvre
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027253021

In this volume, second language (L2) acquisition researchers and creolists engage in a dialogue, focusing on processes at work in L2 acquisition and creole genesis. The volume opens with an overview of the relationship between L2 acquisition and pidgins/creoles (Siegel). The first group of papers addresses current language contact at a societal or an individual level (Smith; Terrill and Dunn; Bruhn de Garavito and Atoche; Liceras et al.; Muller). The second section focuses on processes characterizing various stages of L2 acquisition and creole genesis: relexification and transfer from the L1 and their role in the initial state (Sprouse; Schwartz; Kouwenberg; Aboh; Ionin). Chapters in the third section discuss processes involved in developing grammars, namely, reanalysis and restructuring (Sanchez; Brousseau and Nikiema; Steele and Brousseau). The final section concentrates on fossilization and the end state (Cornips and Hulk; Montrul; Lardiere). Between them, the chapters cover lexical, morphological, phonological, semantic and syntactic properties of interlanguage grammars and creole grammars.