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Transfer of L1 Parameter Settings: Some Empirical Evidence from Polish Metrics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

John Archibald
John Archibald*
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The University of Calgary
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This paper describes an empirical investigation as to the utility of a principles and parameters model of grammar in describing the interlanguage grammars of second language learners. I argue that the framework of parameterized universal grammar is useful in accounting for second language learner knowledge and behaviour. The vast majority of their errors can be accounted for by the transfer of their first language (L1) parameter setting into the second language (L2).

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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 301 - 340
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Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1992

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