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Peer reviewedEubank, Lynn – Second Language Research, 1996
Expands on a view of "Valueless Features"--which suggests that the second-language (L2) initial state is distinct from natural language grammars because transfer obliterates the values associated with features located under functional heads--by examining data on the L2 acquisition of English by speakers of German. Despite important differences…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), French, German, Interlanguage
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Bonnie D.; Sprouse, Rex A. – Second Language Research, 1996
Defends the full transfer/full access (FT/FA) model, which hypothesizes that the initial state of second-language (L2) acquisition is the final state of L1 acquisition (full transfer) and failure to assign a representation to input data will force subsequent restructuring. The article considers two other competing hypotheses as well as several…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language)
