Orgassa, A.

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With the aim of specifying the relationship between SLI and L2 acquisition, production data of various groups of L1 and L2 learners with and without SLI were compared. The experiments centered on the application of morphosyntactic rules in Dutch that were considered vulnerable in SLI and L2 acquisition. The results of systematic cross-group comparisons of error types and error frequencies contribute to the ongoing theoretical debate as to whether (L2-)SLI is caused by linguistic-representational deficits or by processing limitations. The issue of age dependencies on grammatical rule learning is also discussed in relation to L2 acquisition. The central claim in this book is that the similarities in error patterns across the impaired and unimpaired child L1 and child L2 groups indicate that all children rely on the same linguistic resources to derive grammar. The persistent problems with inflectional morphology in the SLI groups are interpreted in terms of processing limitations that affect either the intake needed to derive rules or the degree of automaticity to apply rules once established. The present study also reveals how reduced intake affects typical child L2 acquisition. If a large amount of consistent input is needed to derive grammar, it is possible that both SLI and L2(-SLI) children may fossilize in immature stages resulting in incomplete structure-specific representations. Interestingly, then, processing accounts and representational accounts can be related. This study is of interest to scholars working in the field of clinical linguistics, L1 and L2 acquisition, inflectional morphology and educators and therapists working with atypical language development in multilingual settings

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UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl)UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository)Specific language impairment in a bilingual context : the acquisition of Dutchinflection by Turkish-Dutch learnersOrgassa, A.Publication date2009Link to publicationCitation for published version (APA):Orgassa, A. (2009). Specific language impairment in a bilingual context : the acquisition ofDutch inflection by Turkish-Dutch learners. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit vanAmsterdam]. LOT.General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s)and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an opencontent license (like Creative Commons).Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, pleaselet the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the materialinaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letterto: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Youwill be contacted as soon as possible.Download date:09 Mar 2023Specific language impairmentin a bilingual contextThe acquisition of Dutch inflectionby Turkish–Dutch learnersPublished byLOT phone: +31 30 2536006Janskerkhof 13 fax: +31 30 25364063512 BL Utrecht e-mail: lot@uu.nlThe Netherlands http://www.lotschool.nl/Cover photography: Kees HummelHand model: Paulette NonfodjiISBN 978–90–78328–99–5NUR 616Copyright c© 2009 Antje Orgassa. All rights reserved.Publication of this thesis was financially supported by the J.E. JurriaanseStichting.Specific language impairmentin a bilingual contextThe acquisition of Dutch inflection by Turkish–Dutch learnersACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFTter verkrijging van de graad van doctoraan de Universiteit van Amsterdamop gezag van de Rector Magnificusprof. dr. D.C. van den Boomten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties ingesteldecommissie, in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Agnietenkapelop vrijdag 16 oktober 2009, te 14:00 uurdoorAntje Orgassageboren te Goch, DuitslandPromotiecommissiePromotores: prof. dr. A.E. Bakerprof. dr. F.P. WeermanOverige leden: prof. dr. P. Fletcherprof. dr. A.C.J. Hulkprof. dr. J.H. Hulstijndr. T. Marinisdr. J.C. Paradisprof. dr. E. RuigendijkFaculteit der Geesteswetenschappen

Specific language impairment in a bilingual context : the acquisition of Dutch inflection by Turkish-Dutch learners

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