Abstract
Exploiting Chomsky’s Universal Grammar (UG), this research examines the effects of phrase structure rules on the development of grammatical knowledge in Bangaldeshi learners of English as a second language. The masking technique of MacWhinney (1998) motivates the use of link-grammar syntactic parser of Sleater and Temperley (1993) used in the study. The results indicate that the learners’ parameters were reset from L1 to L2 as a consequence of the overt presentation of phrase structure rules. The implications of the study for the design of intelligent computer assisted language learning is discussed.
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