Fossilized Second Language Grammars: The Acquisition of Grammatical Gender

by Florencia Franceschina

This monograph is a theoretical and empirical investigation into the mechanisms and causes of successful and unsuccessful adult second language acquisition.Couched within a generative framework, the study explores how a learner's first language and the age at which they acquire their second language may contribute to the L2 knowledge that they can ultimately attain. The empirical study focuses on a group of very advanced L2 speakers, and through a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 902725298X
• ISBN13: 9789027252982
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 288 Pages