Interlanguage
Forty years later
1st Edition
Published on 30. April 2014
VII, 255 pages
978-90-272-7049-8 (ISBN)
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Few works in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) can endure multiple reads, but Selinker's (1972) "Interlanguage" is a clear exception. Written at the inception of the field, this paper delineates a disciplinary scope; asks penetrating questions; advances daring hypotheses; and proposes a first-ever conceptual and empirical framework that continues to stimulate SLA research. Sparked by a heightened interest in this founding text on its 40th anniversary, 10 leaders in their respective fields of SLA research collectively examine extrapolations of the seminal text for the past, the present, and the future of SLA research. This book offers a rare resource for novices and experts alike in and beyond the field of SLA.
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- Interlanguage
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC data
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Enduring questions from the Interlanguage Hypothesis
- Introduction
- Selected, interrelated themes originating in Selinker (1972)
- Two questions that follow from Selinker (1972)
- Relevance of the interlanguage hypothesis to the present
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2. Rediscovering prediction
- Introduction
- Predictions in light of some empirical work
- Relevance to the latent psychological structure
- Limits on predictability
- Multilingualism
- Idiosyncrasy in forms
- Idiosyncrasy in meanings
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 3. From Julie to Wes to Alberto
- Introduction
- Inter-learner and intra-learner differential success
- 'Fossilization' (Selinker, 1972)
- Intra-learner differential failure: Selective fossilization
- Selective fossilization of discourse properties
- Idiosyncrasy and theoretical paucity
- The Selective Fossilization Hypothesis
- Theoretical controversies and the future of fossilization research
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 4. Interlanguage, transfer and fossilization
- Introduction
- Generative approaches to second language acquisition
- Linguistic competence and interlanguage
- L1 transfer
- Fossilization
- Beyond L2 acquisition: Language contact and change
- From interlanguage to new language varieties
- Incomplete acquisition and age effects
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5. The limits of instruction
- Introduction
- First, some definitions
- Language
- Formal Instruction
- The evidence for limited instructional effects
- Staged development
- Poverty of the stimulus
- Yes, but...
- So, why these non-effects? Against "rules"
- One more "yes, but..."
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 6. Documenting interlanguage development
- Introduction
- Functional approaches to interlanguage analysis
- Interlanguage temporality
- Interlanguage development, choice, and interpretation in L2 pragmatics
- Conventional expressions: Interlanguage grammar in so-called formulas
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7. Methodological influences of "Interlanguage" (1972)
- Introduction
- What counts as data?
- Data in historical context
- Grammaticality judgments
- Nonsense data
- Early research using nonsense syllable and words
- Current studies
- Artificial language studies
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8. Trying out theories on interlanguage
- Introduction
- The theme of description vs. explanation in Selinker (1972)
- A forewarning: The complexity of description-theory relationships
- The development of L2 negation: Stages and sequences in the 1970s and 1980s
- The variationist approach (1980s-1990s)
- Negation in universal grammar perspective since the 1990s
- Also during the 1990s: Italian negation in the basic variety
- Onto the future? Usage-based approaches to English negation
- Conclusion
- Looking forward
- References
- Chapter 9. Another step to be taken - Rethinking the end point of the interlanguage continuum
- Introduction
- Five enduring contributions of the interlanguage article
- The separation of teaching from learning
- The definition of acceptable data
- The existence of a separate linguistic system
- Fossilization
- Distinguishing linguistic units from psychological units
- An enduring controversy, too
- Another step to be taken
- Development as a transitional state changing towards the TL
- (Idealized) monolingual native speaker
- The ultimate yardstick of linguistic success
- A teleological view of language
- Reconciling the non-teleological nature of language with the normativity of language teaching
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10. Interlanguage 40 years on
- Introduction
- Three major themes
- Historical understanding
- "Interlanguage as a system in its own right" (Selinker 1972)
- The creation of a "deep interlanguage semantics"
- Peroration: Developing "doubt as a critical skill"
- "Tell me: How can i transfer my native language English patterns to someone else's French? There must be another system involved."
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Name index
- Subject index
