NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)1
Since 2016 (last 10 years)1
Descriptor
English (Second Language)1
Form Classes (Languages)1
Grammar1
Interlanguage1
Interviews1
Japanese1
Language Patterns1
Language Proficiency1
Language Tests1
Language Variation1
Morphology (Languages)1
Native Language1
Oral Language1
Paralinguistics1
Second Language Instruction1
Second Language Learning1
Syntax1
More ▼
Source
ProQuest LLC1
Author
Qi Zheng1
Publication Type
Dissertations/Theses -…1
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing one result Save | Export
Variation in Interlanguage: Evidence from Internal and External Patterning of Morphosyntactic Variability in the Speech of Second Language Learners
Direct linkDirect link
Qi Zheng – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Language is inherently variable, and learner language is particularly variable. The variationist paradigm considers learner language a heterogeneously variable yet inherently rule-governed system. Specifically, learners' alternation between native-like and nonnative-like variants of a variable or invariable target native speaker (NS) form…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Morphology (Languages)