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Publication details [#639]

Adamson, H.D. and Ceil Kovac. 1981. Variation theory and second language acquisition: An analysis of Schumann's data. In Sankoff, David and Henriette Cedergren, eds. Variation omnibus. Linguistic Research. pp. 285–292.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

negation, L2-acquisition of | style, L2-acquisition of | variable rule

Language as a subject

English, L2-acquisition of

Annotation

A. and K. investigate the use of a variable rule for producing the English negative in the speech of a 33-year old blue-collar worker acquiring English. The rule is said to change over time in three ways: the input probability increases, constraint-reweighting occurs, and style emerges as a constraint.