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TY - CHAP
T1 - Multilingualism and chomsky's generative grammar
AU - Kupisch, Tanja
AU - Pereira Soares, Sergio Miguel
AU - Puig-Mayenco, Eloi
AU - Rothman, Jason
PY - 2021/4/27
Y1 - 2021/4/27
N2 - Like Einstein's general theory of relativity is concerned with explaining the basics of an observable experience - i.e., gravity - most people take for granted that Chomsky's theory of generative grammar (GG) is concerned with the basic nature of language. This chapter highlights a mere subset of central constructs in GG, showing how they have featured prominently and thus shaped formal linguistic studies in multilingualism. Because multilingualism includes a wide range of nonmonolingual populations, the constructs are divided across child bilingualism and adult third language for greater coverage. In the case of the former, the chapter examines how poverty of the stimulus has been investigated. Using the nascent field of L3/Ln acquisition as the backdrop, it discusses how the GG constructs of I-language versus E-language sit at the core of debates regarding the very notion of what linguistic transfer and mental representations should be taken to be.
AB - Like Einstein's general theory of relativity is concerned with explaining the basics of an observable experience - i.e., gravity - most people take for granted that Chomsky's theory of generative grammar (GG) is concerned with the basic nature of language. This chapter highlights a mere subset of central constructs in GG, showing how they have featured prominently and thus shaped formal linguistic studies in multilingualism. Because multilingualism includes a wide range of nonmonolingual populations, the constructs are divided across child bilingualism and adult third language for greater coverage. In the case of the former, the chapter examines how poverty of the stimulus has been investigated. Using the nascent field of L3/Ln acquisition as the backdrop, it discusses how the GG constructs of I-language versus E-language sit at the core of debates regarding the very notion of what linguistic transfer and mental representations should be taken to be.
KW - Bilingualism
KW - Chomsky's theory
KW - E-language
KW - Generative grammar
KW - I-language
KW - Multilingualism
U2 - 10.1002/9781119598732.ch15
DO - 10.1002/9781119598732.ch15
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85148069029
SN - 9781119598701
SP - 232
EP - 242
BT - A Companion to Chomsky
PB - Wiley
ER -