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Second language acquisition and linguistic variation / edited by Robert Bayley, Dennis R. Preston.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in bilingualism ; v. 10.
- Studies in bilingualism (SiBil), 0928-1533 ; v. 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Second language acquisition.
- Language and languages--Variation.
- Language and languages.
- Interlanguage (Language learning).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (335 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume corrects the relative neglect in Second Language Acquisition studies of the quantitative study of language variation and provides insights into such issues as language transfer, acquisition through exposure, language universals, learner's age and so forth.These studies bolster the idea that a full account of SLA development (and, hence, a "theory of SLA") must be built on not only detailed accounts of interlanguage data but also on a wide appeal to factors which govern the psycholinguistic bases of SLA. An important addition to the volume is a comprehensive guide to bot
- Contents:
- SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LINGUISTIC VARIATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Table of contents; Preface; Variationist Perspectiveson Second Language Acquisition; Factors Affecting the Productionof Word-initial Consonantsin a Second Language; Markedness in Second Language Acquisition of Consonant Clusters; Competing Constraints on Variationin the Speech of AdultChinese Learners of English; Tense Marking in the English of Spanish-speaking Adolescents; Form-Function Relations in Articles in English Interlanguage
- Variation in French Interlanguage: A Longitudinal Study of Sociolinguistic CompetenceDisentangling Language Acquisition from Language Variation; Some Notes on the Role of Misperception in Language Learning; VARBRUL Analysis for Second Language Acquisition Research; Author Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-55619-544-3
- 90-272-8277-3
- 1-283-22214-0
- 9786613222145
- OCLC:
- 742333682
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