|
Home page List of proceedings Info for readers Info for authors Info for editors Info for libraries Order form Shopping cart |
Proceedings of the 7th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2004) edited by Laurent Dekydtspotter, Rex A. Sprouse, and Audrey Liljestrand ISBN 1-57473-406-7 library binding v + 291 pages publication date: 2005 published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA Table of contents Abstract Helmut Zobl and Juana M. Liceras Accounting for Optionality in Nonnative Grammars: Parametric Change in Diachrony and L2 Development as Instances of Internalized Diglossia 283-291 (complete pdf) The Competing Grammars Hypothesis is introduced as a way of accounting for syntactic optionality during parametric change in diachrony and in L2A. According to this hypothesis, in periods of parametric change when input data is ambiguous, learners internalize two or more incompatible grammatical representations (internalized diglossia) to account for the primary data. These compete against each other in usage, hence the appearance of syntactic optionality. Several parametric changes in Old/Middle English and in L2A are shown to evidence parallels in terms of the incremental nature of the changes and their sequencing. The hypothesis is advocated as an alternative framework to the L1/L2 Difference Paradigm for advancing our understanding of the nature of L2A. |