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

• 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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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