| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 317 pages) |
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Studies in bilingualism (SiBil), 0928-1533 ; v. 10 |
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Studies in bilingualism ; vol. 10.
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| Contents |
Variationist perspectives on second language acquisition / Daennis R. Preston -- Factors affecting the production of word-intial consonants in a second language / James Emil Flege, Murray J. Munro, and Ian R.A. MacKay -- Markedness in second language acquisition of consonant clusters / Roy C. Major -- Competing constraints on variation in the speech of adult Chinese learners of English / Robert Bayley -- Tense marking in the English of Spanish-speaking adolescents / H.D. Adamson [and others] -- Form-function relations in articles in English interlanguage / Richard Young -- Variation in French interlanguage : a longitudinal study of sociolinguistic competence / Vera Regan -- Disentangling language acquisition from language variation / Robert Berdan -- Some notes on the role of misperception in language learning / William Labov -- Appendix : VABRUL analysis for second language acquisition research / Richard Young and Robert Bayley |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition.
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Language and languages -- Variation.
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Interlanguage (Language learning)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling.
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Interlanguage (Language learning)
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Language and languages -- Variation
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Second language acquisition
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Sprachvariante
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Spracherwerb
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Tweedetaalverwerving.
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Taalvariatie.
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Interférence (linguistique)
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Interlangue (apprentissage des langues)
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Langue seconde -- Acquisition.
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Variation linguistique.
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Langues vivantes -- Acquisition.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bayley, Robert, 1943-
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Preston, Dennis Richard
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| ISBN |
9789027282774 |
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9027282773 |
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