Acquisition Of Second Language Syntax

Bol Partner

The issue of syntactic development is important in linguistics and applied linguistics. This book provides an introduction to the acquisition of syntax in a second language. It shows the interactions between the syntactic, processing and functional/discourse approaches, and looks at how and why these different approaches give different results. The issue of syntactic development is one of the most central in both linguistics and applied linguistics. Assuming no detailed background knowledge of linguistics, this is an introduction to the acquisition of syntax in a second language. The text builds a coherent picture of second language grammatical development by showing the interactions between the syntactic, processing and functional/discourse approaches, and looks at how and why these different approaches give different results. Providing a synthesis of the latest work in this area, the text looks at the implications of second language syntax research for the classroom.

Bol

This book deals with the questions asked about the L2 acquisition process within different research paradigms, examines the results found in each approach, and evaluates the contributions of each to our understanding of L2 acquisition of syntax and to possible implications for L2 instruction.