"This volume brings together empirical studies and keynote addresses presented at the 15th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition conference hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno in 2019. The studies selected for the volume reflect how the latest developments in generative syntactic theory and psycholinguistic methodologies have impacted second language acquisition research in the last decade: from the linguistic properties under investigation and L1-L2/Ln language pairings down to the specific research questions in each study. Minimalist view of language architecture is at the center of studies investigating L2 acquisition of raising, scope, definiteness, phonological representations, and interlanguage transfer. The volume also showcases the latest research on interface phenomena, language processing, and working memory. Studies analyze data collected with a variety of L2 populations from adult foreign language learners to adolescent L3 learners to heritage speakers"--.

• Generative SLA in the Age of Minimalism
• Editorial page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Table of contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • References
• L2 acquisition of syntax
• Intervention effects in L1 and L2 English raising: Evidence from acceptability judgments and response times
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Raising and minimality
    • 2.1 Italian/English asymmetry on raising across DPs
    • 2.2 Italian/English symmetry on raising with topic DPs
    • 2.3 Smuggling approach to English raising ( Collins, 2005)
  • 3. Intervention effects in the L2 acquisition research on raising
  • 4. The present study
    • 4.1 Methods
    • 4.2 Results
  • 5. Discussion
    • 5.1 Intervention effects in the representation of L1 and L2 English raising
    • 5.2 Intervention effects in L1 and L2 processing of English raising
  • 6. Conclusions
  • References
• Explaining the difficulty with L2 acquisition of scope interpretation by speakers of a scope-rigid language
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Syntax of scope
    • 2.1 English
    • 2.2 Japanese
  • 3. Scope interpretation in L2 acquisition
    • 3.1 Previous studies
    • 3.2 Hypotheses
  • 4. Experiment
    • 4.1 Participants
    • 4.2 Task
    • 4.3 Predictions
  • 5. Results
  • 6. Discussion
    • 6.1 JLEs’ knowledge on quantifiers and their scope
    • 6.2 Evaluating the hypotheses
    • 6.3 Implications
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
• Definiteness and argument position in the interpretation of bare nouns: From L1 Mandarin to L2 English
  • 1. Introduction
    • 1.1 A look at (in)definiteness in article-less languages
    • 1.2 Diagnosing (in)definiteness in English
    • 1.3 The (in)definiteness of Mandarin bare nouns
    • 1.4 The role of syntactic position
  • 2. Articles in second language acquisition
    • 2.1 L2 article acquisition from the perspectives of AH and UH
    • 2.2 Article omission in L2 development: Systematicity vs. randomness
  • 3. The study
    • 3.1 Methodology
    • 3.2 Predictions
    • 3.3 Analyses
  • 4. Results
    • 4.1 Overall acceptability of bare nouns
    • 4.2 Acceptability of bare nouns by discourse context and syntactic position
  • 5. Discussion
    • 5.1 Definiteness and the singular-plural distinction
    • 5.2 Definiteness and topicality
  • 6. Conclusion
  • References
• L1-Mandarin L2-English learners’ acquisition of English double-quantifier scope
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Scope in English, Mandarin and L2-acquisition
    • 2.1 English and Mandarin scope
    • 2.2 Experimental studies on English and Mandarin scope
    • 2.2 Previous L2 and heritage language studies on scope
  • 3. Scope in L2-English: The role of positive evidence
    • 3.1 Positive evidence and L2-acquisition
    • 3.2 Research question
  • 4. Method
    • 4.1 Task materials
    • 4.2 Procedure
    • 4.3 Participants
  • 5. Results
    • 5.1 Descriptive results
    • 5.2 Statistical analysis
  • 6. Discussion
  • 7. Conclusion
  • References
• L2 acquisition at interfaces
• Feature dependency and the poverty of the stimulus in the acquisition of L2 German plural allomorphy
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Interfaces in SLA
  • 3. Multiple exponence versus allomorphy
    • 3.1 Feature geometry
  • 4. SLA and allomorphy
    • 4.1 Methodology
  • 5. Results
    • 5.1 Errors X word type: T1
    • 5.2 Errors X word type: T2
    • 5.3 No impossible turkish grammars
    • 5.4 No impossible German grammars
    • 5.5 Poverty of the stimulus
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
• Development of L2 prosody: The case of information focus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Realizing information focus in English and Japanese
    • 2.1 Information focus marking in English
    • 2.2 Information focus marking in Japanese
    • 2.3 Research questions
  • 3. Experiments
    • 3.1 Comprehension task
    • 3.2 Perception task
    • 3.3 Production task
  • 4. Discussion
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Funding
  • Appendix. Nine test tokens used in the experiment
  • References
• Transfer of prosodic representation: L1 Bengali production of L2 English regular simple past tense
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theoretical background to the study
    • 2.1 Prosodic representation of English regular simple past tense
    • 2.2 Interim summary
    • 2.3 Prosodic representation of Bengali past tense
    • 2.4 Minimality requirements in Bengali and English
    • 2.5 Interim summary and discussion
  • 3. The study: Suppliance of regular simple past inflection by L1 Bengali speakers of L2 English
    • 3.1 Predictions
    • 3.2 Participants
    • 3.3 Stimuli and tasks
  • 4. Results
    • 4.1 Summary of results
  • 5. Discussion
  • References
  • Appendix A. LV verbs (including diphthong) n = 33
  • Appendix B. SV verbs (including diphthong) n = 31
• Impact of previously learned languages
• The role of L1 Norwegian and L2 English in the acquisition of verb placement in L3 German
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theoretical background
    • 2.1 Transfer in L2 and L3 word order
    • 2.2 Verb placement in Norwegian, English and German
  • 3. Research questions and predictions
    • 3.1 Research questions
    • 3.2 Predictions
  • 4. Method
    • 4.1 Participants
    • 4.2 Materials and procedure
  • 5. Results
    • 5.1 L3 German
    • 5.2 L2 English
    • 5.3 Relationship between L2 English and L3 German
  • 6. Discussion
  • 7. Conclusion
  • References
• Feature reconfiguration at the syntax-discourse interface: L2 acquisition of Italian CLLD
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Syntax and properties of left dislocated objects
    • 2.1 Object left dislocation constructions
    • 2.2 The interpretative properties of CLLD in Italian and Romanian
    • 2.3 Assignment of [+anaphor] and [+specific]
  • 3. Feature acquisition and feature reconfiguration
  • 4. Research question and feature reconfiguration
  • 5. The experiment
    • 5.1 Participants
    • 5.2 Task 1: Acceptability judgments
    • 5.3 Task 2: Written elicitation
  • 6. Discussion
  • 7. Conclusion
  • References
• Exploring extra-linguistic factors and their impact on L2 acquisition
• Interference-based and capacity-based approaches to working memory in second language sentence processing
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Working memory in L2 sentence processing
    • 2.1 Capacity-based approaches to L2 sentence processing
    • 2.2 Interference-based approaches to L2 sentence processing
  • 3. Characterising and measuring L2 individual differences
    • 3.1 Memory capacity in L2 processing
    • 3.2 Memory interference in L2 processing
    • 3.3 Retrieval cues in processing and acquisition
    • 3.4 Task performance and characterising individual differences
  • 4. Conclusion
  • References
• Heritage language speakers inform the critical period hypothesis for first and second language acquisition
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Age effects in child bilingual acquisition: Maturation or language exposure?
  • 3. Are heritage speakers like second language learners?
  • 4. The impact of age of acquisition in different linguistic modules
    • 4.1 Phonology
    • 4.2 Syntax and morphology
    • 4.3 Processing morphology
  • 5. Discussion
  • References
• A different type of RC attachment resolution: Comparing bilingual and trilingual processing
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theoretical motivation
  • 3. Method
    • 3.1 Participants
    • 3.2 Materials
    • 3.3 Procedure
    • 3.4 Data analysis
    • 3.5 Results
  • 4. Discussion
  • 5. Conclusions
  • References
  • Appendix. Statistical analysis, full output
• Subject index