Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition
Published on 1. January 1984
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-915027-09-5 (ISBN)
Description
This volume consists of papers presented at the Conference on Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition, University of Southern California, February 1982. Published with the papers are the remarks of the originally assigned discussants. The collection represents an important cross-fertilization between research in grammatical theory and in second language acquisition. Topics dealt with in a number of the papers include word order, markedness, core grammar, accessability hierarchies, and simplified registers. The range of universals discussed embraces phonology, syntax, semantics, and discourse. Universals are also considered with reference to ontology, psychological reality, and evaluation metrics.
Reviews / Votes
Already an outstanding collection, the value of the papers in Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition is further enhanced by the frequently insightful critiques following each paper. -- G. Thurgood in Language Learning.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
645 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-915027-09-5 (9780915027095)
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Content
1. Preface; 2. Introduction (by Rutherford, William E.); 3. Why linguists need laguage acquirers (by Comrie, Bernard); 4. Comments on the paper by Comrie (by Ard, Josh); 5. Second laguage acquisition and the ontology of laguage universals (by Gass, Susan M.); 6. Comments on the paper by Gass and Ard (by Kumpf, Lorraine E.); 7. Reply to Kumpf's Comments (by Gass, Susan M.); 8. Universals, typologies, and interlanguage (by Eckman, Fred); 9. Comments on the paper by Eckman (by Lord, Carol); 10. Universals of discourse structure and second language acquisition (by Givon, T.); 11. Comments on the paper by Givon (by Schumann, John H.); 12. The language bioprogram hypothesis and second language acquisition (by Bickerton, Derek); 13. Comments on the paper by Bickerton (by Ferguson, Charles A.); 14. A universal input condition (by Schachter, Jacquelyn); 15. Uniformity and source-language variation across developmental continua (by Zobl, Helmut); 16. Comments on the paper by Zobl (by Silva-Corvalan, Carmen); 17. In what ways are language universals psychologically real? (by Hakuta, Kenji); 18. Comments on the paper by Hakuta (by Hatch, Evelyn); 19. Reply to Hatch's comments (by Hakuta, Kenji); 20. Repertoire universals, markedness, and second language acquisition (by Ferguson, Charles A.); 21. Index to references; 22. Index to languages