Universal Grammar and the Initial State of Second Language Learning: Evidence of Chinese Multidialectal Children’s Acquisition of English at the Syntax-Semantics Interface

Weifeng Han

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-2452-3

Universal Grammar and the Initial State of Second Language Learning: Evidence of Chinese Multidialectal Children’s Acquisition of English at the Syntax-Semantics Interface

Weifeng Han

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

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Abstract

Under the Universal Grammar (UG) framework, this book discusses the latest research on the role of L1 bidialectism in L2 acquisition, with a particular focus on early Chinese(L1)-English(L2) learners. Responding to the long-standing concern of whether L2 learners have access to UG in the target language, it provides evidence of the positive role of L1 multidialectism in L2 learning and confirms the role of UG in L2 acquisition. This book is essential reading for postgraduates and researchers in language education, linguistics, applied linguistics, speech-language pathology and psychology. The clarification of Chinese as L1 is also of interest to language educators in multilingual contexts.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-15-2452-3
ISBN (Print)	978-981-15-2451-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2452-3
Publication status	Published - Jan 2020

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Name	SpringerBriefs in Education
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2211-1921
ISSN (Electronic)	2211-193X

Keywords

Universal Grammar
Second Language Acquisition
L2 Initial State
Multilingualism/Multidialectism
Syntax-Semantics Interface

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