Interfaces In Language
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Understanding Interfaces
Author: Laura Domínguez
language: en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date: 2013-06-27
By combining theoretical analysis and empirical investigation, this monograph investigates the status of interfaces in Minimalist linguistic theory, second language acquisition and native language attrition. Two major questions are currently under debate: (1) what exactly makes a linguistic phenomenon an ‘interface phenomenon’, and (2) what is the specific role that the interfaces play in explaining language loss and persistent problems in second language acquisition? Answers to these questions are provided by a theoretical examination of the role that economy and computational efficiency play in recent Minimalist models of the language faculty, as well as by evidence obtained in two empirical studies examining the acquisition and attrition of two interface phenomena: Spanish subject realization and word order variation. The result is a new definition of ‘interface phenomena’ which deemphasizes syntactic complexity and focuses on the effect of interface interpretive conditions on syntactic structure. This work also shows that representational deficits cannot be ruled out in the acquisition and attrition of interface structures.
Interfaces in Grammar
This volume is an important contribution to the theoretical and empirical study of the interactions of grammatical components in Chinese and other languages. It volume investigates the common structural properties that may be considered as possible candidates for UG.
Minimalist Interfaces
"Empirically rich, analytically sophisticated, and theoretically necessary. A major step forward in minimalist theorizing." --