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Direct linkSlabakova, Roumyana – Second Language Research, 2014
This article offers commentary that the Multiple Grammar (MG) language acquisition theory proposed by Luiz Amaral and Tom Roeper (A&R) in the present issue lacks elaboration of the psychological mechanisms at work in second language acquisition. Topics discussed include optionality in a speaker's grammar and the rules of verb position in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Grammar, Language Universals
Slabakova, Roumyana – Second Language Research, 2009
While agreeing with Lardiere that the "parameter-resetting" approach to understanding second language acquisition (SLA) needs rethinking, it is suggested that a more construction-based perspective runs the risk of losing deductive and explanatory power. An alternative is to investigate the constraints on feature assembly/re-assembly in second…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Grammar, Form Classes (Languages)
Slabakova, Roumyana; Montrul, Silvina – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2003
In this experimental study, we focus on the following semantic universal: if a habitual clause reading, then generic pronominal subject; if an episodic clause reading, then specific pronominal subject. We argue that although this set of two conditionals is a universal property of all natural languages, English-speaking second-language (L2)…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Semantics, Sentences, Spanish
Montrul, Silvina; Slabakova, Roumyana – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
It has been suggested that tense and aspect distributions are very difficult to learn in a second language (L2), they are prone to fossilize universally, and their interpretive properties are subject to a critical period (Coppieters, 1987). This study focuses on the acquisition of the semantic implications of the preterite-imperfect contrast in…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Semantics
Slabakova, Roumyana – Second Language Research, 2006
The study investigates the relationship between input, UG (Universal Grammar) parameter values, and the native language in the acquisition of a purely semantic property that is superficially unrelated to its syntactic trigger, The Bare Noun/Proper Name parameter (Longobardi, 1991; 1994; 1996; 2001; 2005). On the one hand, English and Italian bare…
Descriptors: Semantics, Word Order, Nouns, Native Speakers
Peer reviewedSlabakova, Roumyana – Second Language Research, 1999
Presents a detailed study of the second-language (L2) acquisition of English aspect by native speakers of Slavic languages. Results bring new evidence to bear on the theoretical choice between direct access to the L2 value or starting out the process of acquisition with the first-language value of a parameter, supporting the latter view.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Interlanguage, Language Acquisition
