Download or read book Second Language Syntax written by Roger Hawkins and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2001-02-08 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting the objectives of Chomsky's Principles and Parameters approach to Universal Grammar, Second Language Syntax takes the reader through the main research findings in second language grammatical development. For each area, empirical findings are linked to proposals made by linguists working within the Principles and Parameters framework, with the aim of developing a theory of second language syntax.