The acquisition of a second language C-system by Japanese learners of English

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. I-IV I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction: What do Japanese learners of English tell us about SLA? 1
5. I: VP structures
6. Japanese learners' acquisition of English motion verbs with goal PPs 17
7. Unaccusatives versus passives in L2 English 41
8. II: Functional categories
9. The acquisition of the nominative and accusative cases in English by Japanese learners at an early stage 81
10. The acquisition of a second language C-system by Japanese learners of English 109
11. Pied-piping and stranding in oblique relative clauses in Japanese EFL learners' interlanguage grammars 143
12. Is an interlanguage a "possible grammar"?: How Japanese speakers learn CP structures in English 167
13. III: New empirical data
14. Japanese learners' errors on long distance wh-questions 215
15. N400 in the brain potential responses of second language learners: What ERPs suggest 247
16. List of contributors 265
17. Index 267