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28 - Child Language Acquisition

from Part V - The Acquisition of Spanish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2018

By
Anna Gavarró
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Kimberly L. Geeslin
Kimberly L. Geeslin
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Indiana University
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This chapter centers on what a theory of acquisition is supposed to do, what type of phenomena need explanation, and whether a single theory is possible for second language acquisition. To focus the discussion, two aspects of Spanish as a second language are examined: (1) staged development of ser and estar; and (2) the acquisition of null subject properties. The chapter concludes with a discussion of why a single theory is not possible and why scholars must use different theories to talk about different aspects of second language acquisition.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics , pp. 627 - 648
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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