universal grammar

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1、山东大学应用语言学论文题目TheRoleofUGintheInterlanguageGrammar学院外国语学院专业名称英语语言文学研究生姓名雷扬学号2009109562011年2月15ContentsAbstract31.Introduction32.DebateovertheAvailabilityofUG42.1NoAccesstoUG42.2FullAccesstoUG52.3IndirectAccesstoUGviaL153.EvaluationofFormerStudies64.PartialAccesstoUG84.1SubjacencyPrinciple94.2

2、NullSubjectParameter94.3ArgumentStructure104.4LanguageFeatures114.5ComprehensiveTheory135.Conclusion13References1415AbstractThispaperdiscussestheavailabilityofUniversalGrammarinSecondlanguageacquisition.Anumberoftheoreticalpositionsconcerningtheissueareintroducedandexamined.Thepositionofnoac

3、cesstoUG,fullaccesstoUGandindirectaccesstoUGviaL1areillustratedwithrelatedempiricalstudies.Theproblemsinthosehypothesesareraisedtoshowthattheirfindingsarenotcompletelyreliable.Intheend,throughdiscussingseveralrepresentativeareasofUG,wecometothecomprehensivetheorythatL2learnershavepartialacce

4、sstoUGwherelearnersmayaccesstoUGparametersthatareoperatingintheirL1andresetparametersnottappedbyL1.UGandcognitivemechanismareseenasinteractingwitheachother,withUGinitiatingtheacquisitionandalsoencompassingthecognitiveprocess.Keywords:UniversalGrammar;accesstoUG;secondlanguageacquisition;gene

5、rallearningstrategies.1.IntroductionSincethedevelopmentofUniversalGrammarinmodernlinguisticsbytheoristssuchasNoamChomskyinthe1950s,ithasbeenwidelyadoptedtoaccountforlanguageacquisition.UniversalGrammarisasetofabstractrulesthatgovernthefunctioningofalllanguages,whichisnotspecifictoonecertainl

6、anguage.Itoffersawaytoanswerthelogicalproblemoflanguageacquisition,thatis,thefinalachievementsoflanguagelearnersarefarmorecomplexandadvancedthanthelimitedinput,anditisalsotrueinsecondlanguageacquisition.Soaquestionhasarisenthat“doesUGstillplayaroleinSLAandcontrolitslearningprocessbyinnatelin

7、guisticprinciples?”Inthispaper,anumberoftheoreticalpositionsconcerningaccessibilitytoUGinL2acquisitionwillbeintroducedandexamined.ItwillbearguedthatL2learnershavepartialaccesstoUGwherelearnersmayaccesstothoseUGparametersthatareoperatingintheirL1asw