Description: Language Learnability and L2 Phonology Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). The Acquisition of Metrical Parameters Author(s): J. Archibald Format: Paperback Publisher: Springer, Netherlands Imprint: Springer ISBN-13: 9789401049115, 978-9401049115 Synopsis In this book Archibald describes two studies conducted within a parametric framework in the area of second language acquisition. The studies are designed to investigate the acquisition of English stress patterns (via both production and perception tasks) by adult speakers of Polish and Hungarian. Archibald argues that interlanguage grammars can be understood as a mix of L1 transfer and the effects of Universal Grammar. Metrical parameters related to such things as quantity--sensitivity, extrametricality, and word--tree dominance determine the structure of the interlanguage. The author reports that the subjects are remarkably successful at acquiring English stress and do not appear to violate proposed universals of metrical phonology. This book is one of the few attempts to investigate the acquisition of L2 phonology within a UG framework. Empirical support is provided for the parametric model to an extent uncommon in most syntactic studies.
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Book Title: Language Learnability and L2 Phonology
Number of Pages: 202 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Language Learnability and L2 Phonology: the Acquisition of Metrical Parameters
Publisher: Springer
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Engineering & Technology
Item Height: 223 mm
Item Weight: 334 g
Type: Study Guide
Author: J. Archibald
Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
