What’s so incomplete about incomplete acquisition?

Michael T. Putnam; Liliana Sánchez

doi:10.1075/lab.3.4.04put

journal article Oct 11, 2013

What’s so incomplete about incomplete acquisition?

Michael T. Putnam

Liliana Sánchez

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism Vol. 3 No. 4 pp. 478-508 · John Benjamins Publishing Company

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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 byMontrul (2002et seq.) andPolinsky (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.

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Published: Oct 11, 2013
Vol/Issue: 3(4)
Pages: 478-508

Authors

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Michael T. Putnam

Penn State University

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Liliana Sánchez

Rutgers University

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Michael T. Putnam, Liliana Sánchez (2013). What’s so incomplete about incomplete acquisition?. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 3(4), 478-508. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.3.4.04put

What’s so incomplete about incomplete acquisition?

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