Abstract
Modeling the competence grammar of heritage speakers who exhibit low proficiency in their L1 represents a significant challenge for generative and experimental approaches to bilingual linguistic research. In this paper we revisit the core tenets of the incomplete acquisition hypothesis as developed in recent scholarship (in particular by Montrul (2002 et seq.) and Polinsky (1997, 2006)). Although we adopt many of these fundamental aspects of this research program, in this article we develop an alternative model that provides a more accurate depiction of the process that leads to what these scholars describe as the (later) effects of incomplete acquisition, thus improving the predictive power of this research program.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 478-508 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Journal | Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 11 2013 |
Fingerprint
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Language and Linguistics
- Linguistics and Language
Cite this
}
What’s so incomplete about incomplete acquisition? A prolegomenon to modeling heritage language grammars. / Putnam, Michael; Sánchez, Liliana.
In: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, Vol. 3, No. 4, 11.10.2013, p. 478-508.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - What’s so incomplete about incomplete acquisition?
T2 - A prolegomenon to modeling heritage language grammars
AU - Putnam, Michael
AU - Sánchez, Liliana
PY - 2013/10/11
Y1 - 2013/10/11
N2 - Modeling the competence grammar of heritage speakers who exhibit low proficiency in their L1 represents a significant challenge for generative and experimental approaches to bilingual linguistic research. In this paper we revisit the core tenets of the incomplete acquisition hypothesis as developed in recent scholarship (in particular by Montrul (2002 et seq.) and Polinsky (1997, 2006)). Although we adopt many of these fundamental aspects of this research program, in this article we develop an alternative model that provides a more accurate depiction of the process that leads to what these scholars describe as the (later) effects of incomplete acquisition, thus improving the predictive power of this research program.
AB - Modeling the competence grammar of heritage speakers who exhibit low proficiency in their L1 represents a significant challenge for generative and experimental approaches to bilingual linguistic research. In this paper we revisit the core tenets of the incomplete acquisition hypothesis as developed in recent scholarship (in particular by Montrul (2002 et seq.) and Polinsky (1997, 2006)). Although we adopt many of these fundamental aspects of this research program, in this article we develop an alternative model that provides a more accurate depiction of the process that leads to what these scholars describe as the (later) effects of incomplete acquisition, thus improving the predictive power of this research program.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84989402045&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84989402045&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1075/lab.3.4.04put
DO - 10.1075/lab.3.4.04put
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84989402045
VL - 3
SP - 478
EP - 508
JO - Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
JF - Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
SN - 1879-9264
IS - 4
ER -