Ultimate Attainment at the Interfaces in Second Language

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1、UltimateAttainmentattheInterfacesinSecondLanguageAcquisition:GrammarandProcessingHolgerHoppTheworkinthisthesishasbeencarriedoutattheCenterforLanguageandCognitionGroningen(CLCG)andtheSchoolofBehavioralandCognitiveNeurosciences(BCN).GroningenDissertationsinLinguistics65ISSN0928-0030ISB

2、N978-90-8891-0234©2007HolgerHoppRIJKSUNIVERSITEITGRONINGENUltimateAttainmentattheInterfacesinSecondLanguageAcquisition:GrammarandProcessingProefschriftterverkrijgingvanhetdoctoraatindeLetterenaandeRijksuniversiteitGroningenopgezagvandeRectorMagnificus,dr.F.Zwarts,inhetopenbaarteverde

3、digenopdonderdag20december2007om14.45uurdoorHolgerChristianHoppgeborenop13augustus1975teFrankfurtamMain,DuitslandPromotores:Prof.dr.C.L.J.deBotProf.dr.B.D.SchwartzCopromotor:Dr.L.A.StoweBeoordelingscommissie:Prof.dr.C.Frenck-MestreProf.dr.J.KosterProf.dr.A.SoraceProf.dr.F.WeermanToth

4、ememoryofmymother,HelgardHoppAcknowledgementsIwouldliketothankmysupervisorsinGroningen,KeesdeBotandLaurieStowe,whoformedagreatteamandcontributedtheirindividualstrengthsandexpertisetothisproject.Laurieprovedtobeaninvaluableandfuninterlocutoronprocessing,statistics,andwritinginplainEng

5、lish(IknowIhaveletyoudown–sorry!).KeescomplementedLaurie’sstrengthsbyalwaysaddingabroaderperspectiveonsecondlanguageacquisitionaswellascuttingalotofredtape.Inaddition,Jan-WouterZwartwasofgreathelpinsettingupthetheoreticalbackgroundtothepresentstudy,andIthankhimforhissupportthroughout

6、.ThanksalsogotoBonnieSchwartz,whogenerouslyagreedtoco-supervisethisthesisfromHawai’i.EversinceImetBonnieinDurham,shehashadaprofoundinfluenceonmythinkingandresearch.Ithankherforherintellectualrigourandherwarm-hearteddedication–whichdidnotonlygowellbeyondthecallofduty,butfrequentlyalso

7、beyondthecallofthemorningbird.Iwillsurelymissourlonglate-night/early-morningtelephoneconversationsbetweenEuropeandHawai’i.InGroningen,Igreatlybenefittedfromdiscussionsinthesyntaxgroup,theacquisitionlabandtheexperimentalgroup,andIthanktheirmembers.Forhelpfuldiscussionofvarious(psycho-

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