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Peer reviewedTomlin, Russell S. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1990
Examines the role of functional approaches to linguistics in understanding second-language acquisition (SLA), focusing on central premises, tenets, and theoretical problems. It is concluded that functional universals are too insufficiently grounded theoretically and empirically to contribute more than heuristic guidance to SLA theory. (141…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Research
