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Peer reviewedTarone, Elaine E. – Applied Linguistics, 1990
Responds to a previous article criticizing the variation models of second-language acquisition (SLA), and argues that the variation models can and do explain (SLA) and that any adequate model of SLA should take interlanguage into account. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Language Variation, 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
Peer reviewedYoung, Richard – Applied Linguistics, 1993
Evaluates the hypothesis that interlanguage is an efficient means of communicating referential information. The presentation includes review of evidence of the functional hypothesis in different forms of language; description of two studies of spoken English interlanguage of learners from different backgrounds; and discussion of the consequences…
Descriptors: Chinese, Communication (Thought Transfer), Czech, English (Second Language)
