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Systematicity and Variation in the Non-Native Child's Acquisition of Conversational Skills.
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Keller-Cohen, Deborah – Language Learning, 1979
Reports on an eight month study examining the development of turn-allocation devices in children acquiring English as a second language. The role of prior language experience in second language learning is explored. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Finnish
Contrast and Construction in a Parameter-Setting Model of L2 Acquisition.
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Flynn, Suzanne – Language Learning, 1987
The parameter-setting model of universal grammar provides a basis for integrating two theories of second language acquisition: contrastive analysis and creative construction. The elicited responses of adult native speakers of Spanish and adult native speakers of Japanese were examined. The head-initial/head-final parameter was the principle…
Descriptors: Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, English (Second Language)