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...This page intentionally left blank second language acquisition and universal grammar authoritative textbook provides an overview analysis of current research conducted within the generative linguistic frame work lydiawhitearguesthatsecondlanguageacquisitionisconstrainedbyprin ciplesandparametersofuniversalgrammar thebookfocusesoncharacterizing andexplainingtheunderlyinglinguisticcompetenceofsecondlanguagelearners in terms these contraints theories as to role extent mother tongue inuence are presented discussed with particular considerationgiventothenatureoftheinterlanguagegrammaratdifferentpoints development from initial state ultimate attainment throughout book hypotheses maintaining that grammars constrained byuniversal principles contrasted claims is not implicated relevantempiricalresearchispresentedfrombothsidesofthedebate thistextbookisessentialreadingforthosestudyingsecondlanguageacquisition a perspective lydia whiteis professor linguistics at mcgill university montreal chair de...