The role of Universal Grammar and crosslinguistic influence in the interpretation of recursive set-subset adjectives in adult Romanian L1-English L2 bilinguals
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DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2025.1537488
Abstract: Our research contributes to debates about the role of Universal Grammar constraints and crosslinguistic influence in sequential bilingual acquisition and use. We investigate experimentally how adult Romanian L1-English L2 bilinguals interpret sequential adjectival modifiers of… read more here.
Keywords: universal grammar; set subset; recursive set; crosslinguistic influence ... See more keywords
Functionally Equivalent Variants in a Non-standard Variety and Their Implications for Universal Grammar: A Spontaneous Speech Corpus
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01260
Abstract: Findings from the field of experimental linguistics have shown that a native speaker may judge a variant that is part of her grammar as unacceptable, but still use it productively in spontaneous speech. The process… read more here.
Keywords: equivalent variants; spontaneous speech; universal grammar; non standard ... See more keywords