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The Universal Parser and Interlanguage: Domain-Specific Mental Organization in the Comprehension of 'Combien' Interrogatives in English-French Interlanguage.

Authors :
Dekydtspotter, Laurent
Source :
Second Language Research. Apr 2001 17(2):91-143.
Publication Year :
2001

Abstract

From the perspective of Fodor's (1983) theory of mental organization and Chomsky's (1995) Minimalist theory of grammar, considers constraints on the interpretation of French-type and English-type cardinality interrogatives in the task of sentence comprehension, as a function of a universal parsing algorithm and hypotheses embodied in a French-type versus English-type functional lexicon respectively. (Author/VWL)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0267-6583
Volume :
17
Issue :
2
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Second Language Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ628049
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research