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Publication details [#59283]
Tarone, Elaine and Zhaohong Han, eds. 2014. Interlanguage. Forty years later. (Language Learning & Language Teaching 39). John Benjamins. vii, 255 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
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Written at the inception of the second language acquisition (SLA) field, Selinker's (1972) "Interlanguage" paper delineates a disciplinary scope; asks penetrating questions; advances daring hypotheses; and proposes a 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.