Proceedings Of The 12th Generative Approaches To Second Language Acquisition Conference Gasla 2013

This volume contains 27 papers presented at the 10th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2009), which was held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from March 13-15, 2009. The papers are organized into sections on articles, clitics, interfaces, phonology, processing, semantics/pragmatics, and syntax.

This volume contains 19 papers presented at the 13th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2015), which took place from March 4-6, 2015, at Indiana University Bloomington, including the keynote from Rex Sprouse.

This volume contains 25 papers selected from the 9th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2007), which was held at the University of Iowa on May 18-20, 2007. Subjects covered include telicity, wh-constructions, specificity, the structure of new grammars acquired by adults, and other topics related to L2 acquisition.

This volume contains 18 papers selected from the 8th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2006), which was hosted by the University of Calgary. It was held at Alberta's Banff Centre, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, on April 27-30, 2004. The papers address L2 acquisition in speakers of French, English, Chinese, and other languages; the impact of ultrasound technology on L2 acquisition research; and other issues of bilinguality.

This proceedings contains 39 of the 53 papers and posters that were presented at the 6th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA), including the plenary talk given by Lisa Travis. The theme of the conference, ?Links to Allied Disciplines", brought together scholars working not only in the field of second language acquisition, but also in the areas of linguistic theory, first languageacquisition, language processing and language impairment.

The chapters in this volume take different approaches to the exploration of language acquisition processes in various populations (monolingual and bilingual first language acquisition, L2 acquisition) and address issues in syntax, morphology, pragmatics, language processing and interface phenomena. This volume is a tribute to Juana M. Liceras’ fundamental and enduring contribution to the field of Spanish Second Language Acquisition (SLA). All the chapters in the volume are linked to or inspired by Juana’s extensive body of work, and, like Juana’s research, they all stand at the crossroads of formal and experimental linguistics. Together, the studies presented in this volume are a reflection of Juana’s impact both as a mentor and as a collaborative researcher while at the same time showcasing current trends and new directions in the field of generative SLA.

This volume brings together empirical studies and keynote addresses presented at the 15th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition conference hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno in 2019. The studies selected for the volume reflect how the latest developments in generative syntactic theory and psycholinguistic methodologies have impacted second language acquisition research in the last decade, from the linguistic properties under investigation and L1-L2/Ln language pairings down to the specific research questions in each study. The minimalist view of language architecture is at the center of studies investigating L2 acquisition of raising, scope, definiteness, phonological representations, and interlanguage transfer. The volume also showcases the latest research on interface phenomena, language processing, and working memory. Studies analyze data collected with a variety of L2 populations from adult foreign language learners to adolescent L3 learners and heritage speakers.