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How Second Languages are Learned An Introduction

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Chapter 5: Second Language Learning and Universal Grammar

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Chapter 5: Second Language Learning and Universal Grammar

pp. 113-136

Authors

Roger Hawkins
, University of Essex
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Universal Grammar (UG) is defined and three arguments used to support its proposal are described: the poverty of the stimulus, the properties of child language acquisition, and the generativity of language. The components of UG (features, categories, rules, principles and parameters) are illustrated and the role that UG might play in second language learning is discussed.

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