Approaches to Second Language Acquisition / / 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 unde...
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Place / Publishing House: | Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [1994] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 1994 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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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