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Second language acquisition of pronominal binding by learners of Korean and English

open access: yes, 2012
This thesis presents a new study on the L2 acquisition of pronominal binding in Korean and English in order to examine accessibility to Universal Grammar (UG) (Chomsky 1981, 1986, 2000, 2001) in adult L2 acquisition.
Song, Hee-Jeong
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Semantic 'blocking' effects of functional categories in Japanese EFL learners' interlanguage grammars

open access: yesSemantic 'blocking' effects of functional categories in Japanese EFL learners' interlanguage grammars
Recent research addressing the extent to which adult L2 learners have access to Universal Grammar (UG) has focussed on formal features of functional categories which are not activated in the L1. This study continues this line of enquiry by investigating whether Japanese speakers can acquire a formal feature which drives relative-operator movement in ...
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