Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation
1st Edition
Published on 4. October 1996
XIX, 317 pages
978-90-272-8277-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 both the DOS and Macintosh versions of the VARBRUL statistical program used by variationists.
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 both the DOS and Macintosh versions of the VARBRUL statistical program used by variationists.
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Content
- SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LINGUISTIC VARIATION
- Editorial page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Acknowledgments
- Table of contents
- Preface
- References
- Variationist Perspectiveson Second Language Acquisition
- 1. A Brief History of Language Variation Study
- 2. Two Models of Variation
- 3. Recent Trends
- 4.0 Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Factors Affecting the Productionof Word-initial Consonantsin a Second Language
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Method
- 3. Results
- 4. Discussion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Appendix
- Markedness in Second Language Acquisition of Consonant Clusters
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methodology
- 3. Results
- 4. Discussion
- 5. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Appendix A: Word list
- Appendix B: Text
- Competing Constraints on Variationin the Speech of AdultChinese Learners of English
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The -t/d Variable
- 3. Methods
- 4. Results
- 5. Acquisition and Production: The Interaction of Competing Constraints
- 6. Functionalist and Formal Explanations of -t/d Deletion in Native English Dialects
- 7. Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Appendix: Reading Passage
- Tense Marking in the English of Spanish-speaking Adolescents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Research Design
- 3. Results
- 4. Discussion
- Note
- References
- Form-Function Relations in Articles in English Interlanguage
- 1. Introduction: Acquiring the English Article System
- 2. Research Questions
- 3. Article Usage in Interlanguage
- 4. Hypotheses
- 5. VARBRUL Analysis and Results
- 6. Conclusions: Making Sense of English Articles
- Author's Note
- Notes
- References
- Variation in French Interlanguage: A Longitudinal Study of Sociolinguistic Competence
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Negation in French.
- 3. Variability in French Negation
- 4. Ne Deletion in Non-Native Speaker French
- 5. A Longitudinal Variation Study of Interlanguage
- 6. Design of the Study
- 7. Results
- 8. Discussion
- 9. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Disentangling Language Acquisition from Language Variation
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Treatment of Variation
- 3. Four Models of Negation Variation
- 4. Logistic Regression Analysis
- 5. Evaluating Models
- 6. Data Reduction and Coding
- 7.0 Results
- 8. Evaluating Alternative Models
- 9. Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Some Notes on the Role of Misperception in Language Learning
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Three Strategies for Research on Language Learning
- 3. The Asymmetry of Production and Perception
- 4. Conclusions
- References
- VARBRUL Analysis for Second Language Acquisition Research
- 1. The Nature of Variable Data
- 2. VARBRUL as an Analytical and Heuristic Tool
- 3. Running VARBRUL on the Macintosh and on the PC
- 4. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index
