The second language instinct Export

@article{citeulike:572266, abstract = {This paper proposes that the notion \‘language instinct\’ appropriately characterizes nonnative language (L2) acquisition in two distinct ways. I argue that like native language (L1) development, L2 development, even by adults, relies on language instincts -- despite L1-L2 differences at intermediate stages and in ultimate attainment - and that a primary source of L1-L2 differences is differences in their respective initial states. A variety of acquisition data, from the L2 child, the L2 adolescent and the L2 adult, are used to illustrate and assess three models that adopt this general characterization of L2 acquisition: Minimal Trees (Vainikka and Young-Scholten, 1994), Weak Transfer (Eubank, 1993/94) and Full Transfer/Full Access (Schwartz and Sprouse, 1996). These proposals differ on the extent of L1 influence, i.e., on the representation of the L2 initial state, and I show that the L2 data support Full Transfer/Full Access.}, author = {Schwartz, Bonnie D.}, booktitle = {Language Acquisition Knowledge Representation and Processing}, citeulike-article-id = {572266}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3841(98)00032-1}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V6H-3VTYVS1-5/2/97a4dbc8bedb18a5a7de8a1234d0028c}, doi = {10.1016/S0024-3841(98)00032-1}, journal = {Lingua}, keywords = {527, full\_access, full\_transfer, sla, ug}, month = {December}, number = {1-4}, pages = {133--160}, posted-at = {2006-04-01 02:17:22}, priority = {0}, title = {The second language instinct}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3841(98)00032-1}, volume = {106}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:572266 L3 - citeulike-article-id:572266 N2 - This paper proposes that the notion ‘language instinct’ appropriately characterizes nonnative language (L2) acquisition in two distinct ways. I argue that like native language (L1) development, L2 development, even by adults, relies on language instincts -- despite L1-L2 differences at intermediate stages and in ultimate attainment - and that a primary source of L1-L2 differences is differences in their respective initial states. A variety of acquisition data, from the L2 child, the L2 adolescent and the L2 adult, are used to illustrate and assess three models that adopt this general characterization of L2 acquisition: Minimal Trees (Vainikka and Young-Scholten, 1994), Weak Transfer (Eubank, 1993/94) and Full Transfer/Full Access (Schwartz and Sprouse, 1996). These proposals differ on the extent of L1 influence, i.e., on the representation of the L2 initial state, and I show that the L2 data support Full Transfer/Full Access. IS - 1-4 JF - Lingua EP - 160 TI - The second language instinct VL - 106 T2 - Language Acquisition Knowledge Representation and Processing SP - 133 KW - 527 KW - full_access KW - full_transfer KW - sla KW - ug AU - Schwartz, Bonnie PY - 1998/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3841(98)00032-1 ER -