Optimality Theory, markedness and second language syntax: the case of resumptive pronouns in relative clauses

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper proposes a constraint-based analysis for what is arguably the most interest-ing phenomenon in second language (L2) syntax, the occurrence of an L2 error pattern where the regularity cannot be explained in terms of either transfer from the learner’s native language or input from the target language. The case in point for this paper involves the occurrence of resumptive pronouns in the relative clauses of learners of Swedish as a second language. It is argued that the systematicity of the learners’ errors can be explained by independently-motivated assumptions of Optimality Theory.

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