The nature of interlanguage
SLA of English reflexives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11655667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shigenori Wakabayashi (0000-0001-5222-0724, University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 266-303 |
| Publication date | 1996-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Second language Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/026765839601200302 |
| OpenAlex | W2049639098 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article examines experimental data of SLA of English reflexives. A carefully designed experiment to tap syntactic constraints of interlanguage grammar and the consideration of the consistency of responses of individual subjects reveal the systematicity of interlanguage grammar much more explicitly than previous studies. Of subjects' behaviour, 95% perfectly matches the sanctions of parameter values suggested in Wexler and Manzini's (1987) Governing Category Parameter and Proper Antecedent Parameter. However, re-examined in the light of the alternative hypotheses in the Binding Theory since Wexler and Manzini (1987), interlanguage grammar may violate the sanctions of Universal Grammar (UG) parameters for the variaton of referential properties of anaphors. Taking into account of this new evidence, the author suggests: 1) SLA is systematic; 2) L2 learners' interpretations of English reflexives are attributed to their linguistic knowledge; and 3) UG is available in SLA, and SLA of the referential properties of English reflexives is carried out by (re)setting parameter values
Antecedent (behavioral psychology · Consistency (knowledge bases · Grammar · Interlanguage · Linguistics · Second-language acquisition · Theoretical linguistics · Universal Grammar · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
Re-examining second language acquisition of English reflexives
Effects of the interface categories on the acquisition patterns of English reflexives among learners of English as a foreign language
Methodological problems related to research on L2 Norwegian anaphors
Effects of Instruction on Second Language Acquisition of the Japanese Long-Distance Reflexive Zibun
A referential/quantified asymmetry in the second language acquisition of English reflexives by Chinese-speaking learners
Second language acquisition and Binding Principle B
Access to UG and language transfer
Acquisition of binding of English reflexives by Turkish L2 learners
Parameters and Learnability in Binding Theory
Critical period effects on universal properties of language
Lectures on Government and Binding
A neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of anaphora
Parameter setting in second language phonology and syntax
Functional syntax. Anaphora, discourse and empathy
Second Language Acquisition of Reflexives Revisited
Universal Grammar and the Interpretation of Reflexives in a Second Language
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |