Approaches to Second Language Acquisition / / Richard Towell, Roger Hawkins.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2023
• VerfasserIn: Towell, Richard,; Hawkins, Roger,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [1994]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1 The Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition --; 2 Early Linguistic Approaches to Explaining the Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition --; 3 Sociolinguistic Approaches to Explaining the Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition --; 4 Cognitive Approaches to Explaining the Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition --; 5 The Approach to Second Language Acquisition Based on Universal Grammar --; 6 Parametric Variation and Transfer in Second Language Acquisition --; 7 Parametric Variation and Incompleteness in Second Language Acquisition --; 8 Parametric Variation, Staged Development and Cross-learner Systematicity in Second Language Acquisition --; 9 Parametric Variation, Variability and the Limits of the Explanatory Power of Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquisition --; 10 Explanations of Variability --; 11 Hypothesis Creation and Revision --; 12 The Development of Language Processing --; 13 Approaches to Learner Strategies --; 14 Towards a Model of Second Language Acquisition --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781800418271; 9783111024721
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard Towell, Roger Hawkins.

In this book the authors address five central problems in the study of second language acquisition: transfer, staged development, cross-learner systematicity, incompleteness and variability. The book begins with a definition of each of these areas and an indication of why they are important for understanding SLA.