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Input and competing grammars in L2 syntax

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ID11655780
AuthorsTom Rankin (0000-0001-5372-8773, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume39
Issue3
Pages581-596
Publication date2022-05-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSecond language Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/02676583221091389
OpenAlexW4225282970
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited24

Grammar competition has been proposed as a model for second language (L2) acquisition. Variational Learning provides a framework within which to investigate the idea of grammar competition as the model requires a marriage of quantitative properties of the input with Universal Grammar. A diachronic variational model of grammar competition is extended to second language acquisition (L2A) to explore verb-second word order optionality in L2 English. Patterns of L1-German–L2-English word order acquisition are reviewed in light of a study of classroom discourse as input to first language (L1) German speakers. A variational model of word order patterns in the input identifies differences in patterns of word order optionality, which may contribute to the trajectory of acquisition identified for L2 English

Competition model · Emergent grammar · Generative grammar · German · Grammar · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Parsing · Rule-based machine translation · Second-language acquisition · Syntax · Universal Grammar · Word order · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language Development and Disorders · Multilingual Education and Policy · Artificial Intelligence

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