DST vs. UG: Can DST account for purely linguistic phenomena?

The article “A Dynamic Systems Theory approach to second language acquisition” by De Bot, Lowie and Verspoor discusses Dynamic Systems Theory (DST), and in particular the benefits of studying second language acquisition (SLA) within the DST framework. The article explains the main characteristics of DST, and goes on to show how various aspects of SLA can be treated from a DST perspective. In particular, the article proposes that the DST framework allows an investigation of how various social and cognitive aspects of SLA interact.

[1]  Heejeong Ko,et al.  Article Semantics in L2 Acquisition: The Role of Specificity , 2004 .

[2]  J. S. Johnson,et al.  Critical period effects in second language learning: The influence of maturational state on the acquisition of English as a second language , 1989, Cognitive Psychology.

[3]  Lydia White,et al.  Fossilization in steady state L2 grammars: Persistent problems with inflectional morphology , 2003, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.

[4]  R. Dekeyser.  THE ROBUSTNESS OF CRITICAL PERIOD EFFECTS IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION , 2000, Studies in Second Language Acquisition.

[5]  Lydia White,et al.  Ultimate Attainment of L2 Inflection: Effects of L1 Prosodic Structure , 2004 .

[6]  Betsy Parrish,et al.  Task-Related Variation in Interlanguage: The Case of Articles† , 1988 .

[7]  M. Zubizarreta,et al.  Overgeneralization of Causatives and Transfer in L2 Spanish and L2 English , 2005 .

[8]  Rex A. Sprouse,et al.  L2 cognitive states and the Full Transfer/Full Access model , 1996 .

[9]  Daniel Robertson,et al.  Variability in the use of the English article system by Chinese learners of English , 2000 .

[10]  S. Montrul.  AGENTIVE VERBS OF MANNER OF MOTION IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGES , 2001, Studies in Second Language Acquisition.

[11]  Belma Haznedar,et al.  THE ACQUISITION OF THE IP SYSTEM IN CHILD L2 ENGLISH , 2001, Studies in Second Language Acquisition.

[12]  Maria Luisa Zubizarreta,et al.  Sources of linguistic knowledge in the second language acquisition of English articles , 2008 .

[13]  Roumyana Slabakova,et al.  The parameter of aspect in second language acquisition , 1999 .

[14]  B. D. Schwartz.  The second language instinct , 1998 .

[15]  Sharon Unsworth,et al.  Child L2, Adult L2, Child L1: Differences and Similarities. A Study on the Acquisition of Direct Object Scrambling in Dutch , 2005 .

[16]  John Archibald,et al.  Second language acquisition and linguistic theory , 2000 .

[17]  Margaret Thomas,et al.  The acquisition of English articles by first- and second-language learners , 1989, Applied Psycholinguistics.