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This article deals with the over-representation of syntactic knowledge in L2 learner data. In early L2 grammars, multimorphemic sequences which go well beyond learners' grammatical competence are very common. Influential theories of the L2 initial state have failed to take proper account of this phenomenon, claiming the apparent presence of, e.g., finite verb forms, wh questions and clitics, as evidence for functional projections from the start of L2 acquisition. However, data from early learners show that these properties are not present outside chunks initially, and that early grammars consist of lexical projections and formulaic sequences, showing no evidence of functional categories.
Author(s): Myles F
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Transactions of the Philological Society
Year: 2004
Volume: 102
Issue: 2
Pages: 139-168
ISSN (print): 0079-1636
ISSN (electronic): 1467-968X
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0079-1636.2004.00133.x
DOI: 10.1111/j.0079-1636.2004.00133.x
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