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Peer reviewedGregg, Kevin R. – Second Language Research, 1997
Focuses on Eckman's (1996) discussion of the nativism controversy. This article supplements Eckman's discussion and argues in favor of a generative approach to second language acquisition theory, specifically for an autonomous and modular grammatical theory. (five references) (CK)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Attitudes, Linguistic Theory, Models
Peer reviewedGregg, Kevin R. – Applied Linguistics, 1993
Discusses problems involved in scientific explanation in general and their relevance to theories of second-language acquisition (SLA) in particular. The property theory/transition theory distinction and the deductive-nomological model are examined. The use of Lipton's (1991) "best explanation" concept in evaluating SLA theoretical frameworks is…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Linguistic Theory, Models
Peer reviewedGregg, Kevin R. – Applied Linguistics, 1990
Examines the work of two scholars who have made the greatest contributions to the variabilist perspective on second-language acquisition, and discusses the acquisition models that each of these scholars has proposed. (50 references) (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar, Interlanguage, Language Research
