Elaine C Klein
Biographic Data
| ID | 3843988 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elaine C Klein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elaine C |
| FAMILY NAME | Klein |
| SIGNATURE | KLEIN E C |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
(Mis)construing null prepositions in L2 intergrammars: A commentary and proposal
This article discusses the ‘null prep phenomenon’ reported in several studies of the second language (L2) development of extraction constructions (e.g. Klein, 1993a, 1993b; Klein, 1995a, 1995b). In these studies, L2 learners of English who show subcategorization knowledge of verbs for their prepositional complements, often leave out the required preposition in corresponding interrogatives (and relative clauses as well). We review the theoretical …
Evidence for a 'Wild' L2 Grammar: When PPs Rear their Empty Heads
Researchers in second language acquisition have argued for a constraint against ‘wild grammars’ This mandates that each stage in a learner's interim grammar correspond to a natural language system, predicting that errors outside of UG will never occur This paper provides counter-evidence to such generally accepted claims An illicit L2 grammar appears in data from several studies which show that L2 learners who have subcategonzation knowledge of v…
Second versus Third Language Acquisition: Is There a Difference
Previous research has investigated whether knowing more than one language will help adult learners acquire additional languages, with mixed results (e.g., Eisenstein, 1980; M. Thomas, 1990). It is questionable whether such enhancement, when it does exist, involves both the acquisition of lexical items and the acquisition of syntactic constructions. This study examined the latter question within a Universal Grammar (UG) parameter-setting model of …
Second versus Third Language Acquisition: Is There a Difference
Previous research has investigated whether knowing more than one language will help adult learners acquire additional languages, with mixed results (e.g., Eisenstein, 1980; M. Thomas, 1990). It is questionable whether such enhancement, when it does exist, involves both the acquisition of lexical items and the acquisition of syntactic constructions. This study examined the latter question within a Universal Grammar (UG) parameter-setting model of …
(Mis)construing null prepositions in L2 intergrammars: A commentary and proposal
This article discusses the ‘null prep phenomenon’ reported in several studies of the second language (L2) development of extraction constructions (e.g. Klein, 1993a, 1993b; Klein, 1995a, 1995b). In these studies, L2 learners of English who show subcategorization knowledge of verbs for their prepositional complements, often leave out the required preposition in corresponding interrogatives (and relative clauses as well). We review the theoretical …
Evidence for a 'Wild' L2 Grammar: When PPs Rear their Empty Heads
Researchers in second language acquisition have argued for a constraint against ‘wild grammars’ This mandates that each stage in a learner's interim grammar correspond to a natural language system, predicting that errors outside of UG will never occur This paper provides counter-evidence to such generally accepted claims An illicit L2 grammar appears in data from several studies which show that L2 learners who have subcategonzation knowledge of v…
Second versus Third Language Acquisition: Is There a Difference
Previous research has investigated whether knowing more than one language will help adult learners acquire additional languages, with mixed results (e.g., Eisenstein, 1980; M. Thomas, 1990). It is questionable whether such enhancement, when it does exist, involves both the acquisition of lexical items and the acquisition of syntactic constructions. This study examined the latter question within a Universal Grammar (UG) parameter-setting model of …
(Mis)construing null prepositions in L2 intergrammars: A commentary and proposal
This article discusses the ‘null prep phenomenon’ reported in several studies of the second language (L2) development of extraction constructions (e.g. Klein, 1993a, 1993b; Klein, 1995a, 1995b). In these studies, L2 learners of English who show subcategorization knowledge of verbs for their prepositional complements, often leave out the required preposition in corresponding interrogatives (and relative clauses as well). We review the theoretical …
Grammar (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Second-language acquisition (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Anaphora (linguistics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works)