David Stringer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4012730 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Stringer |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Stringer |
| SIGNATURE | STRINGER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0006-0823 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Folkbiology in endangered languages: Cognitive universals and lexical relativity
Predominant theories of folkbiology emphasize universal aspects of human perception and cognition but have often been contested by research emphasizing cultural relativity. Drawing on languages that encode knowledge of endangered ecosystems, this paper argues that the contrast between universalist and relativist approaches to the folk classification of living kinds is a false dichotomy: despite the existence of cognitive universals based mostly o…
Commitment in L3 relationships: Sacred vows or polyamory
Westergaard (2021) presents an updated account of the Linguistic Proximity Model and the micro-cue approach to the parser as an acquisition device. The property-by-property view of transfer inherent in this approach contrasts with other influential models that assume that third language (L3) acquisition involves the creation of a full copy of only one previously existing language in the mind. In this commentary, I review Westergaard’s proposal th…
Not all acquisition entails attrition: The persistence of syntax in the teeth of lexical breakdown
Beyond steady-state models of ultimate attainment
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Unconventional Expressions: Productive syntax in the L2 acquisition of formulaic language
This article presents a generative analysis of the acquisition of formulaic language as an alternative to current usage-based proposals. One influential view of the role of formulaic expressions in second language (L2) development is that they are a bootstrapping mechanism into the L2 grammar; an initial repertoire of constructions allows for statistical induction of abstract grammatical categories, such that formulaic language is the data source…
The lexical interface in L1 acquisition: What children have to say about radical concept nativism
In the ongoing philosophical debate over the origins and nature of lexical concepts stemming from the work of Fodor (1970, 1998, 2000, 2008), the potential of first language acquisition studies as a source of evidence has been somewhat overlooked. At the lexical interface with syntax, a restricted set of lexical conceptual elements can be shown to play a pivotal role in the generation of syntactic representations, and patterns of syntactic develo…
Straight on through to Universal Grammar: Spatial modifiers in second language acquisition
There has been considerable progress in second language (L2) research at the syntax—semantics interface addressing how syntax can inform phrasal semantics, in terms of interpretive correlates of word order (Slabakova, 2008). This article provides evidence of a flow of information ostensibly in the opposite direction, from meaning to grammar, at the interface between lexical semantics and syntax. It is argued that there is a functional hierarchy o…
Unconventional Expressions: Productive syntax in the L2 acquisition of formulaic language
This article presents a generative analysis of the acquisition of formulaic language as an alternative to current usage-based proposals. One influential view of the role of formulaic expressions in second language (L2) development is that they are a bootstrapping mechanism into the L2 grammar; an initial repertoire of constructions allows for statistical induction of abstract grammatical categories, such that formulaic language is the data source…
Commitment in L3 relationships: Sacred vows or polyamory
Westergaard (2021) presents an updated account of the Linguistic Proximity Model and the micro-cue approach to the parser as an acquisition device. The property-by-property view of transfer inherent in this approach contrasts with other influential models that assume that third language (L3) acquisition involves the creation of a full copy of only one previously existing language in the mind. In this commentary, I review Westergaard’s proposal th…
Not all acquisition entails attrition: The persistence of syntax in the teeth of lexical breakdown
Straight on through to Universal Grammar: Spatial modifiers in second language acquisition
There has been considerable progress in second language (L2) research at the syntax—semantics interface addressing how syntax can inform phrasal semantics, in terms of interpretive correlates of word order (Slabakova, 2008). This article provides evidence of a flow of information ostensibly in the opposite direction, from meaning to grammar, at the interface between lexical semantics and syntax. It is argued that there is a functional hierarchy o…
The lexical interface in L1 acquisition: What children have to say about radical concept nativism
In the ongoing philosophical debate over the origins and nature of lexical concepts stemming from the work of Fodor (1970, 1998, 2000, 2008), the potential of first language acquisition studies as a source of evidence has been somewhat overlooked. At the lexical interface with syntax, a restricted set of lexical conceptual elements can be shown to play a pivotal role in the generation of syntactic representations, and patterns of syntactic develo…
Unconventional Expressions: Productive syntax in the L2 acquisition of formulaic language
This article presents a generative analysis of the acquisition of formulaic language as an alternative to current usage-based proposals. One influential view of the role of formulaic expressions in second language (L2) development is that they are a bootstrapping mechanism into the L2 grammar; an initial repertoire of constructions allows for statistical induction of abstract grammatical categories, such that formulaic language is the data source…
Beyond steady-state models of ultimate attainment
Preview this article: Beyond steady-state models of ultimate attainment, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/lab.00002.bar-1.gif
Not all acquisition entails attrition: The persistence of syntax in the teeth of lexical breakdown
Commitment in L3 relationships: Sacred vows or polyamory
Westergaard (2021) presents an updated account of the Linguistic Proximity Model and the micro-cue approach to the parser as an acquisition device. The property-by-property view of transfer inherent in this approach contrasts with other influential models that assume that third language (L3) acquisition involves the creation of a full copy of only one previously existing language in the mind. In this commentary, I review Westergaard’s proposal th…
Folkbiology in endangered languages: Cognitive universals and lexical relativity
Predominant theories of folkbiology emphasize universal aspects of human perception and cognition but have often been contested by research emphasizing cultural relativity. Drawing on languages that encode knowledge of endangered ecosystems, this paper argues that the contrast between universalist and relativist approaches to the folk classification of living kinds is a false dichotomy: despite the existence of cognitive universals based mostly o…
Linguistics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Natural language processing (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Syntax (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Second Language Acquisition and Learning (3 works) · Second-language acquisition (3 works)