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Holger Hopp
147-158 (complete pdf)
To test current approaches to divergence at the Interfaces of syntax in adult L2 acquisition, this study explores the syntax-discourse interface in L1 English, Dutch, and Russian endstate speakers of German. Results from off-line and on-line tasks on discourse-driven word order variation, so-called scrambling, show differences according to L1 and according to task. Convergence is attested for the L1 English and Russian groups; however, convergence for these groups also varies according to task demands. It is argued that difficulties at the syntax-discourse interface are due to computational limitations and not representational impairment in discourse-to-syntax mappings at L2 ultimate attainment.
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Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America (GALANA)
edited by Alyona Belikova, Luisa Meroni, and Mari Umeda
Table of contents
ISBN 978-1-57473-419-5 library binding
vii + 490 pages
publication date: 2007
published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA