Generative second-language acquisition

A generativist approach to second language acquisition (SLA) that has been created mainly by Lydia White (McGill) and her students, Bonnie Schwartz (Univ. Hawaii), and Suzanne Flyne (MIT) and other generativist SLA researchers. Each year, the linguistics department at McGill university organizes a conference called GALANA (Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition North America), where researchers from all over North America working in the paradigm gather and discuss the current issues.