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Peer reviewedDittmas, Norbert – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1988
An overview is given of semantic research in adult Second Language Acquisition (SLA), focusing particular attention on undirected SLA. Several studies on child SLA are mentioned, and suggestions for further research on SLA semantics are offered. (35 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Interlanguage
Peer reviewedGenesee, Fred – Journal of Child Language, 1989
Re-examines research literature supporting the idea that infants and young children simultaneously learning two languages mix elements from the two languages. It is argued that, contrary to most extant interpretations, bilingual children develop differentiated language systems from the beginning and are able to use their developing languages in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Infants, Interlanguage
Direct linkMyles, Florence – Second Language Research, 2005
This article presents a selective review of the work carried out recently in second language acquisition (SLA) research which makes use of oral learner corpora and computer technologies. In the first part, the reasons why the field of SLA needs corpora for addressing current theoretical issues are briefly reviewed. In the second part, recent…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Interlanguage
