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Selinker, Larry; Lamendella, John T. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1981
Presents data on the past and present state of research on the interlanguage hypothesis, with specific attention to its extension to children. Outlines a dual approach to developing a theory of second language acquisition--a macrobehavioral approach and a neurofunctional approach. Finally, problems for the interlanguage hypothesis are discussed.…
Descriptors: Children, Developmental Stages, Interlanguage, Language Processing
Selinker, Larry; Douglas, Dan – 1986
This study builds on research that identified empirical evidence indicating that at least one language for special purposes (LSP) domain and one non-LSP domain are in fact associated with some differential results in the consequent interlanguage (IL) structure of non-native users of English. The current study focuses on the methodological problems…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)