David Birdsong

List of John Benjamins publications for which David Birdsong plays a role.

Journal

Language, Interaction and Acquisition (LIA)

Edited by Sandra Benazzo, Marion Blondel, Marianne Gullberg, Henriëtte Hendriks and Georges Daniel Véronique

ISSN 1879-7865 | E-ISSN 1879-7873

Articles (8) | Order by:

Birdsong, David 2021 Analyzing variability in L2 ultimate attainment Language, Plasticity and Learning: Developmental Issues: Langage, Plasticité et Apprentissage : enjeux développementaux, Kail, Michèle and Frédéric Isel (eds.), pp. 133–156 | Article

Ultimate attainment is typically more heterogeneous among second-language (L2) learners than among native speakers (e.g. Bley-Vroman, 1990). The present study offers a suite of simple analytical procedures aimed at exploring types and loci of variability in L2 attainment vis-à-vis those in the… read more

Birdsong, David and Libby M. Gertken 2013 In faint praise of folly: A critical review of native/non-native speaker comparisons, with examples from native and bilingual processing of French complex syntax Language, Interaction and Acquisition 4:2, pp. 107–133 | Article

This study critically examines the widespread practice of comparing the linguistic processes and representations of non-native speakers with those of natives. We argue that, in some respects, the method yields benefits, while in others it does not serve the interests of research into the nature of… read more

Birdsong, David 2012 Three perspectives on non-uniform linguistic attainment Epistemological issue with keynote article “Different speakers, different grammars: Individual differences in native language attainment” by Ewa Dabrowska, pp. 255–259 | Commentary

Birdsong, David 2007 Nativelike pronunciation among late learners of French as a second language Language Experience in Second Language Speech Learning: In honor of James Emil Flege, Bohn, Ocke-Schwen and Murray J. Munro (eds.), pp. 99–116 | Article

This experimental study examines the pronunciation of a group of Anglophone late learners of French as a second language. Following Flege’s SLM, recorded read-alouds of word lists are subjected to acoustical analysis at the segmental level (vowel duration and VOT). At the global level of analysis,… read more

Birdsong, David 1995 Learnability, pre-emption, domain-specificity, and the instructional value of “Master Mind” The Current State of Interlanguage: Studies in honor of William E. Rutherford, Eubank, Lynn, Larry Selinker and Michael Sharwood Smith (eds.), pp. 43–54 | Article

Birdsong, David 1991 On the Notion of “Critical Period” in UG/L2 Theory: A Response to Flynn and Manuel Point Counterpoint: Universal Grammar in the second language, Eubank, Lynn (ed.), pp. 147–166 | Article

Birdsong, David 1985 Constraints on the structure De + modifier in French Selected papers from the XIIIth Linguistic Symposium on Romance: Languages, Chapel Hill, N.C., 24–26 March 1983, King, Larry D. and Catherine A. Maley (eds.), pp. 1–17 | Article

Birdsong, David 1984 Prenominal past pasticiples in French Papers from the XIIth Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages, University Park, April 1–3, 1982, Baldi, Philip (ed.), pp. 37–50 | Article