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Peer reviewedSchumann, John H. – TESOL Quarterly, 1990
Examines five cognitive models for second-language acquisition (SLA) and assesses how each might account for the Pidginized interlanguage found in the early stages of second-language acquisition. (23 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cognitive Processes, Interlanguage, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedKotsinas, Ulla-Britt – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
Posits two hypotheses arising from the great immigration to Sweden and the immigrants' use and learning of Swedish: (1) Swedish as used by immigrant children may show certain features, related to a creolization process; and (2) the Swedish language may in future show signs of influence from the varieties used by persons with immigrant background.…
Descriptors: Children, Dialects, Immigrants, Interlanguage
Peer reviewedSchumann, John H. – Language Learning, 1978
Presents arguments for the view that pidginization can be a model of early second language acquisition, decreolization can be a model for later second language acquisition, and creolization is inappropriate for any aspect of this process. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Creoles, Interlanguage, Language Research
