Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation
Editors
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.
[Studies in Bilingualism, 10] 1996. xix, 317 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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PrefaceDennis R. Preston and Robert Bayley | p. xiii
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Variationist Perspectives on Second Language AcquisitionDennis R. Preston | p. 1
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Factors Affecting the Production of Word-initial Consonants in a Second LanguageJames Emil Flege, Murray J. Munro and Ian R.A. MacKay | p. 47
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Markedness in Second Language Acquisition of Consonant ClustersRoy C. Major | p. 75
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Competing Constraints on Variation in the Speech of Adult Chinese Learners of EnglishRobert Bayley | p. 97
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Tense Marking in the English of Spanish-speaking AdolescentsH.D. Adamson, Bonnie B. Fonseca-Greber, Kuniyoshi Kataoka, Vincent Scardino and Shoji Takano | p. 121
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Form-Function Relations in Articles in English InterlanguageRichard Young | p. 135
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Variation in french Interlanguage: A Longitudinal Study of Sociolinguistic CompetenceVera Regan | p. 177
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Disentangling Language Acquisition from Language VariationRobert Berdan | p. 203
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Some Notes on the Role of Misperception in Language LearningWilliam Labov | p. 245
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Appendix: VARBRUL Analysis for Second Language Acquisition ResearchRichard Young and Robert Bayley | p. 253
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Author Index | p. 307
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Subject Index | p. 311
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Elaine Tarone, Language in Society 28:3 (1999)
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