Toward a new understanding of syntactic CLI: evidence from L2 and L3 acquisition
Publisher
John Benjamins
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Flynn, Suzanne
Abstract
With the aim to attain a principled understanding of adult L2/L3 acquisition, we present data from a large corpus that focuses on L2/L3 identification of nominal gaps of empty categories. We show that both surface and abstract properties of the target language play significant roles in development. The analyses of amount correct and nature of errors indicate that the initial state in both L2/L3 studies emerge in terms of the learners’ identification of a nominal gap within the given expression but not necessarily in an L1 manner. Based on the finding that CLI is syntactically selective and principled, multilingual development is to be understood as a specific reconstruction and integration of surface and abstract features of the target language.
Subjects
initial state
multilingual development
crosslinguistic influence
empty categories
surface and abstract features
pronoun and null anaphora
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