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Peer reviewedIoup, Georgette – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Disagrees with Ellis's claim (1996) that learning the grammatical word class of a particular word, and learning grammatical structures more generally, involves in "large part" the automatic implicit analysis of the word's sequential position. The article maintains that some grammatical acquisition, but not "vast amounts," derives from the analysis…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Grammar, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedEllis, Nick C. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Responds to Major's (1996) and Ioup's (1996) criticism of this author's theory of language acquisition. The author agrees with both critics that abstract systems of phonology are acquired. He concludes that the proper study of language acquisition is to chart the course by which perceptual, motoric, and cognitive functions induce structure. (31…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Audiolingual Methods, Child Language, Constructivism (Learning)
