LEARNABILITY AND THE LEXICON THEORIES AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION RESEARCH -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Linguistic Theory, Language Acquisition, and the Lexicon -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Theoretical framework -- 1.2.1 The organization of the grammar -- 1.2.2 Subjacency: a principle of Universal Grammar -- 1.2.3 Parameters -- 1.3 The logical problem of language acquisition -- 1.4 The Lexicon and L1 Acquisition -- 1.4.1 The lexicon and semantics-syntax correspondences -- 1.4.2 L1 acquisition of semantics-syntax correspondences. -- 1.5 Principles and parameters of UG in SLA -- 1.5.1 Overview -- 1.5.2 Parameters in SLA -- 1.6 The Lexicon and SLA -- 1.7 Summary of the introduction and organization of the book -- Notes -- Chapter 2. Generative approaches to semantics-syntax correspondences -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Problems with the early theory of thematic relations -- 2.2.1 The semantics-syntax relationship -- 2.2.2 Focusing the issues -- 2.3 Four Approaches to Thematic Relations, Lexical Representation, and the Semantics - Syntax Link -- 2.3.1 Dowty: Proto Roles -- 2.3.2 Conflation and Semantic Structure -- 2.3.2.1 Theoretical Background -- 2.3.2.2 Locatives in English -- 2.3.2.3 The Unaccusative/Unergative Distinction -- 2.3.2.4 Psych Verbs -- 2.3.2.5 Problems with Pinker's system -- 2.3.3 Emonds: Syntax based theta role assignment. -- 2.3.3.1 The Feature [± LOCATION] -- 2.3.3.2 Problems with Emonds' theory -- 2.3.4 Hale and Keyser (1993) Argument Structure: Lexical Syntactic Relations -- 2.3.4.1 The motivation for syntax in the lexicon -- 2.3.4.2 X-bar theory, lexical representation, and the restrictions onthematic relations -- 2.4 Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 3. Semantic structure: crosslinguistic patterns and constraints -- 3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Argument structure and morphology -- 3.2.1 Morphemes which change argument structure -- 3.2.2. The status and nature of derivational morphology -- 3.3 Talmy's typological approach to conflation -- 3.4 Conflation in Chinese -- 3.4.1 Locatives in Chinese -- 3.4.1.1 Content verbs in Chinese -- 3.4.1.2 Container verbs in Chinese -- 3.4.1.4 Level ordering in morphology -- 3.4.1.5 Summary -- 3.4.2 Psych Verbs and Unaccusatives of change of state in Chinese -- 3.5 Parameters in semantic structure: evidence and problems -- 3.5.1 A possible parameter -- 3.5.2 Other evidence for the parameter -- 3.5.2.1 Defeasability -- 3.5.2.2 The status of yong 'use' -- 3.5.3 Problems and contradictions -- 3.5.3.1 Contradictions with Pinker's system -- 3.5.3.2 Contradictions with Talmy's typology -- 3.5.3.3 Productivity and exceptions in a parameter setting account ofargument structure alternations. -- 3.6 Evidence from other languages -- 3.6.1 Languages which pattern with English: French and Bulgarian -- 3.6.2 Languages which pattern with Chinese: Japanese, Tagalog, Chechen-Ingush, and possibly German. -- 3.7 Constraining semantic structure: some revised representations -- 3.7.1 Building blocks and rules of combination. -- 3.7.2 Representation for Unaccusatives -- 3.7.3 Representation for the Unergative. -- 3.7.4 Representations for Locative Verbs -- 3.7.4.1 Non-alternating content verbs. -- 3.7.4.2 Non-alternating container verbs. -- 3.7.4.3 Alternating locative verbs. -- 3.7.5 Representations for Psych Verbs -- 3.7.6 Comments on crosslinguistic conflation -- 3.8 Summary -- Notes to Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4. Acquiring Semantics-Syntax Correspondences -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 L1 acquisition of semantics-syntax correspondences -- 4.2.1 An overview of L1 data -- 4.2.2 Causatives -- 4.2.3 Locative verbs in L1 acquisition. -- 4.2.4 Acquisition Theories -- 4.2.4.1 Pinker.

4.2.3.2 Syntactic-bootstrapping of verb meaning. -- 4.2.4.3 Bowerman -- 4.3 The learnability of a syntax-based semantic structure. -- 4.3.1 Syntax-based semantic categories and X-bar theory. -- 4.3.2 Fine grained aspects of verb meaning: the 'narrow range' -- 4.3.3 Learnability of the parameter [ACT(+effect) [GO [STATE]]] -- 4.4 Second language acquisition, transfer, and the lexicon -- 4.4.1 Evidence from production data. -- 4.4.2 Experimental studies -- 4.4.2.1 Lexical semantics and syntax -- 4.4.2.2 Experimental studies with the dative alternation -- 4.4.2.2.1 Acquisition of the dative alternation in L2 French and English -- 4.4.2.2.2 Acquisition of the English dative alternation by Japanese learners -- 4.4.2.2.3 Chinese learners' knowledge of the dative alternation. -- 4.4.2.2.4 Summary -- 4.5 Hypotheses for conflation and argument structure in SLA -- Notes to Chapter 4. -- Chapter 5. Testing knowledge of semantics-syntax correspondences in a second language -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Hypotheses for Chinese-speaking learners of English -- 5.3 Participants -- 5.4 Methodology -- 5.4.1 Verb Meaning Test -- 5.4.2 Production Task -- 5.4.3 The Grammaticality Judgment Task -- 5.5 Results -- 5.5.1 Results of the test of verb meaning. -- 5.5.2 Results of the Production Task -- 5.5.2.1 Raw score Results of the Production Task -- 5.5.2.2 Quantitative Results of the Production Task -- 5.5.3 Results of the Grammaticality Judgment Task -- 5.5.3.1 Confirming the differences between English and Chinese -- 5.5.3.2 General Results of the Grammaticality Judgment Task -- Notes -- Chapter 6. Analysis and Discussion -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Evidence for the switching of a conflation pattern parameter -- 6.2.1 Native speaker results -- 6.2.2 Evidence from the production task for the parameter -- 6.2.3 Evidence from the judgment task -- 6.2.4 Other studies.

6.2 Unaccusative and Unergative Verbs -- 6.3 Conflation and 'narrow range rules' -- 6.4 Stages in lexical parameter resetting -- Notes -- Chapter 7. Epilogue -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Summary -- 7.3 Suggestions for further research -- 7.3.1 Lexical parameters -- 7.3.2 Crosslinguistic research -- 7.3.3 Syntax, Conflation, and Morphology in SLA -- 7.3.4 Classroom Research -- References -- Appendix I: English Locative Verbs -- APPENDIX II: Chinese Locative Verbs and Argument Structures -- Appendix III: Test of Verb Meanings -- Appendix IV: Production task -- Appendix V. Grammaticality Judgment Task -- Instructions -- Sentences by Category -- Index -- The series Language Acquisition and Language Disorders.