The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the role of Universal Grammar (UG) in first and second language acquisition. The main focus lies on three situations the child faces when acquiring a language: poverty of the stimulus, imitation and absence of explicit negative evidences. These circumstances are initially discussed in the first language acquisition process, in order to analyse later the differences with the second language acquisition. The dissimilarities regard directly the UG: while in the first language acquisition UG is the initial state, when acquiring the second language there also might be the first language involved.
The role of Universal Grammar in first and second language acquisition.
GRECO, FRANCESCA
2022/2023
Abstract
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the role of Universal Grammar (UG) in first and second language acquisition. The main focus lies on three situations the child faces when acquiring a language: poverty of the stimulus, imitation and absence of explicit negative evidences. These circumstances are initially discussed in the first language acquisition process, in order to analyse later the differences with the second language acquisition. The dissimilarities regard directly the UG: while in the first language acquisition UG is the initial state, when acquiring the second language there also might be the first language involved.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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