Lydia WhiteSecond Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar
Dan and Lydia White are recognized leaders, speakers, and teachers who creatively build healthy marriages and families. As award winning authors, they coach couples on how to plan a marriage and not just a wedding. They are the founders of Living in Nobility, a ministry dedicated to helping people embrace their God-given identity in the context of love and marriage. After over thirty years together and three children, they empower couples to rule their kingdom well and love and live in nobility.
1. Universal grammar and language acquisition
2. Principles of Universal Grammar in L2 acquisition
3. The initial state
4. Grammars beyond the initial state: parameters and functional categories
5. The transition problem, triggering and input
6. Morphological variability and the morphology/syntax interface
7. Argument structure
8. Ultimate attainment: the nature of the steady state.