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Contrastive Analysis: Problems and Procedures
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Whitman, Randal L. – Language Learning, 1970
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diagrams, English (Second Language)
Recent Research in Language Learning Studies: Promises and Problems.
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Schachter, Jacquelyn – Language Learning, 1998
From perspective of a psycholinguist, discusses three leading questions that have arisen from foundational, descriptive second-language-acquisiton studies: Why are certain L2 constructions learnable and others not?; In considering input requirements, is it fair to say that adult learners can take advantage of metalinguistic information about the…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Research
The Definite Article Conspiracy in English
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Grannis, Oliver C. – Language Learning, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Deja Vu? A Response to Schachter.
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Wardaugh, Ronald – Language Learning, 1998
Responds to a previous article on research in second-language learning, challenging the need for discussion on the promises and problems, and asserting the need to report definitive results. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Research, Psycholinguistics
Rhetorical and Communicative Styles in the New Varieties of English.
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Richards, Jack C. – Language Learning, 1979
Describes the processes by which distinctive varieties of English develop in areas where English functions as a second language. The distinctions between rhetorical and communicative norms for speech events in these varieties are discussed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, English, Language Styles
The Role of Extrinsic Feedback in Interlanguage Fossilization: A Discussion of "Rule Fossilization: A Tentative Model."
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Lamendella, John T.; Selinker, Larry – Language Learning, 1979
Six tentative conclusions about the role of extrinsic feedback in interlanguage fossilization are presented and discussed in light of hypotheses made by Virgil and Oller regarding this phenomenon. Extrinsic factors are those characteristics of the learner which are oriented toward the environment and which act as the interface between the learner…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Feedback, Interlanguage, Language Patterns
The Evaluation of Accent in the English of Dutchmen.
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Koster, Cor J.; Koet, Ton – Language Learning, 1993
Native Speakers of English and Dutch teachers of English judged the English pronunciation of two Dutchmen, resulting in a fairly large area of consensus. In a second experiment, native English speakers and Dutch speakers of English judged the English pronunciation of both experienced and inexperienced Dutch speakers of English. (15 references)…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dutch, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries