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Gass, Susan and Josh Ard. 1984. Second language acquisition and the ontology of language universals. In Gass, Susan and Josh Ard. Second language acquisition and the ontology of language universals. In : 33–68. : 33–68.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
foreign language acquisition | language universal

Annotation

A study of the relationship between language universals and adult second language acquisition. More specifically, the authors look at different types of universals and the potential impact they have on the adult second language process. The question asked is: what can we expect the influence of language universals to be on the acquisition process and how might this influence be manifest depending on the type of universal it is based on?

Articles in this volume

Rutherford, William E. Introduction. 1–9
Gass, Susan and Josh Ard. Second language acquisition and the ontology of language universals. 33–68
Kumpf, Lorraine. Comments on the paper by Gass and Ard. 69–72
Gass, Susan and Josh Ard. Reply to Kumpf's comments. 73–77
Lord, Carol. Comments on the paper by Eckman. 106–107
Givón, Talmy. Universals of discourse structure and second language acquisition. 109–136
Schumann, John. Comments on the paper by Givon. 137–139
Schachter, Jaquelyn. A universal input condition. 167–183
Zobl, Helmut. Uniformity and source-language variation across developmental continua. 185–218
Silva-Corvalán, Carmen. Comments on the paper by Zobl. 219–222
Hakuta, Kenji. In what ways are language universals psychologically real? 223–238
Hatch, Evelyn. Comments on the paper by Hakuta. 239–243
Hakuta, Kenji. Reply to Hatch's comments. 244–245

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Kumpf, Lorraine. 1984. Comments on the paper by Gass and Ard. In Gass, Susan and Josh Ard. Second language acquisition and the ontology of language universals. In : 33–68. : 69–72.