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Universal Grammar and second Language Acqusition

by Lydia White

lingusiticsUniversal GrammarChomsky's Government and Binding theorylanguage acquisitionGrammar, comparative and general, syntaxComparative linguisticsSecond language acquisition

This theoretical work explores the relationship between linguistic universals and second language acqusition. Although no knowledge of generative grammar is presupposed, the theoretical framework underlying the work is the principles and parameters approach to Universal Grammar (UG), as realized in Chomsky's Government Binding theory.

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