L2 learners’ processing of reconstruction in english: a minimalist account1

In this introduction, I will first address anaphoric relations and Binding Theory. Then I will discuss reconstruction (sentences with a reflexive inside a fronted noun phrase that involves overt movement of a wh-element) from the perspective of Chomsky’s (1993, 1995) Minimalist program, and how rec...

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Main Author: H. G. Ying
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 1998-01-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/8219
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Summary:In this introduction, I will first address anaphoric relations and Binding Theory. Then I will discuss reconstruction (sentences with a reflexive inside a fronted noun phrase that involves overt movement of a wh-element) from the perspective of Chomsky’s (1993, 1995) Minimalist program, and how reconstruction presents a logical problem of language acquisition for Chinese EFL learners. Finally I will review psycholinguistic accounts regarding processing sentences with a fronted wh-phrase and second language research on sentence processing.
ISSN:0101-4846
2175-8026