Linguistic perspectives on second language acquisition

Contributor(s): Gass, Susan M. (Editor) | Schachter, Jacquelyn. (Editor)Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989Description: viii, 296 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0521371708; 9780521371704; 0521378117 (pbk.); 9780521378116Subject(s): Second language acquisition | Applied linguisticsDDC classification: 418.007 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction / Susan M. Gass and Jacquelyn Schachter -- Second language acquisition theory : the case for a generative perspective / Kevin R. Gregg -- What is the logical problem of foreign language learning? / Robert Bley-Vroman -- Testing a proposed universal / Jacquelyn Schachter -- The role of the head-initial head-final parameter in the acquisition of English relative clauses by adult Spanish and Japanese speakers / Suzanne Flynn -- On some properties of the "pro-drop" parameter : looking for missing subjects in non-native Spanish / Juana M. Liceras -- The adjacency condition on case assignment : do L2 learners observe the Subset Principle? / Lydia White. Interlanguage and pragmatic word order / William Rutherford -- How do learners resolve linguistic conflicts? / Susan M. Gass -- Canonical typological structures and ergativity in English L2 acquisition / Helmut Zobl -- Semantic theory and L2 lexical development / Wesley Hudson -- A constructivist perspective on non-native phonology / Josh Ard -- Stress assignment in interlanguage phonology : an analysis of the stress system of Spanish speakers learning English / Jane Lowenstein Mairs.
Summary: This volume explores how a second language is acquired and what learners must do in order to achieve proficiency. The paperback edition is a collection of original essays that approaches second language acquisition from a linguistic rather than a sociological, psychological, or purely pedagogical perspective. A wide range of viewpoints and approaches is represented. The essays in this book provide an incisive analysis of how a second language is acquired and what the second language learner must do mentally to achieve proficiency in another language. The chapters are arranged topically from those covering the broad area of theories of acquisition to those focusing specifically on syntax, semantics, pragmatics, lexicon, and phonology in another language.
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Introduction / Susan M. Gass and Jacquelyn Schachter --
Second language acquisition theory : the case for a generative perspective / Kevin R. Gregg --
What is the logical problem of foreign language learning? / Robert Bley-Vroman --
Testing a proposed universal / Jacquelyn Schachter --
The role of the head-initial head-final parameter in the acquisition of English relative clauses by adult Spanish and Japanese speakers / Suzanne Flynn --
On some properties of the "pro-drop" parameter : looking for missing subjects in non-native Spanish / Juana M. Liceras --
The adjacency condition on case assignment : do L2 learners observe the Subset Principle? / Lydia White. Interlanguage and pragmatic word order / William Rutherford --
How do learners resolve linguistic conflicts? / Susan M. Gass --
Canonical typological structures and ergativity in English L2 acquisition / Helmut Zobl --
Semantic theory and L2 lexical development / Wesley Hudson --
A constructivist perspective on non-native phonology / Josh Ard --
Stress assignment in interlanguage phonology : an analysis of the stress system of Spanish speakers learning English / Jane Lowenstein Mairs.

This volume explores how a second language is acquired and what learners must do in order to achieve proficiency. The paperback edition is a collection of original essays that approaches second language acquisition from a linguistic rather than a sociological, psychological, or purely pedagogical perspective. A wide range of viewpoints and approaches is represented. The essays in this book provide an incisive analysis of how a second language is acquired and what the second language learner must do mentally to achieve proficiency in another language. The chapters are arranged topically from those covering the broad area of theories of acquisition to those focusing specifically on syntax, semantics, pragmatics, lexicon, and phonology in another language.

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