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Direct linkHan, ZhaoHong, Ed.; Tarone, Elaine, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2014
Few works in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) can endure multiple reads, but Selinker's (1972) "Interlanguage" is a clear exception. Written at the inception of the field, this paper delineates a disciplinary scope; asks penetrating questions; advances daring hypotheses; and proposes a first-ever conceptual and empirical…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Research
Ortega, Lourdes, Ed.; Han, ZhaoHong, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2017
This volume is both a state-of-the-art display of current thinking on second language development as a complex system. It is also a tribute to Diane Larsen-Freeman for her decades of intellectual leadership in the academic disciplines of applied linguistics and second language acquisition. The chapters therein range from theoretical expositions to…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Applied Linguistics
Schwieter, John W., Ed.; Benati, Alessandro, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2019
Providing a comprehensive survey of cutting-edge work on second language learning, this "Handbook," written by a team of leading experts, surveys the nature of second language learning and its implications for teaching. Prominent theories and methods from linguistics, psycholinguistics, processing-based, and cognitive approaches are…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Theories
Schwieter, John W., Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2013
This volume brings together theoretical perspectives and empirical studies in second language (L2) acquisition and bilingualism and discusses their implications for L2 pedagogy. The book is organized into three sections that focus on prominent linguistic and cognitive theories and together provide a compelling set of state-of-the-art works. Part I…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Second Language Learning
Download full textGeis, Michael L., Ed. – 1985
A group of syntactic studies, primarily concerning English and German, within the framework of generalized phrase structure grammar include: "English Adverb Placement in Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar" (Belinda L. Brodie), concerning the placement of modal, evaluative, temporal, and verb phrase adverbs; "Syntactic Conditions on Two Types of…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, English, German, Language Research
Deshaies, Denise, Ed.; Ouellon, Conrad, Ed. – 1998
Papers, all in French, address four issues concerning linguistics and language in Quebec: language quality and linguistic reality; linguistic politics and the future of French in Quebec; the linguist's role in modern society; and dictionaries. Each section includes an untitled, substantive introduction and several papers. Papers include:…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Dictionaries, Foreign Countries, French
PDF pending restorationO Baoill, Donall P., Ed. – 1992
The results of ongoing research on the acquisition of Irish as a first language are presented in this collection of four papers from a 1991 seminar and a fifth paper specially commissioned for this volume. The study of Irish syntax is of particular interest because of its contribution to the ongoing search for a Universal Grammar. The papers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Irish, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Dooley, Robert A.; Clifton, John – 1990
Five working papers in linguistics are presented. "Case Marking Strategies in Kope" (John Clifton) shows that there are different strategies followed by Kope for marking core as opposed to peripheral arguments, and discusses typological implications. In "Unmarked and Marked Instances of Topicalization in Hebrew" (Stephen H.…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Classification, Discourse Analysis, Form Classes (Languages)
Borsley, Robert D., Ed.; Przepiorkowski, Adam, Ed. – 1999
The collection of essays on the properties of Slavic languages in the context of the theory of head-driven phrase structure grammar (HPSG) includes: "Typological Similarities in HPSG" (Tania Avgustinova, Wojciech Skut, Hans Uszkoreit); "Auxiliaries, Verbs and Complementizers in Polish" (Robert D. Borsley); "An Architecture…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Derbyshire, Desmond C., Ed. – 1987
Four working papers in linguistics are presented. "Basic Configurations of Pragmatic Structuring" (Robert A. Dooley) presents evidence for basic or unmarked pragmatic configurations in three Brazilian languages: Topic-Comment in Mbya Guarani, Comment-Topic in Hixkaryana, and Focus-Presupposition in Xavante. "The Syllable Structure…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Greek
Landsbergen, Jan, Ed.; Odijk, Jan, Ed.; van Deemter, Kees, Ed.; van Zanten, Gert Veldhuijzen, Ed. – 1997
Papers from the meeting on computational linguistics include: "Conversational Games, Belief Revision and Bayesian Networks" (Stephen G. Pulman); "Valence Alternation without Lexical Rules" (Gosse Bouma); "Filtering Left Dislocation Chains in Parsing Categorical Grammar" (Crit Cremers, Maarten Hijzelendoorn);…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Ichihashi, Kumiko, Ed.; Linn, Mary Sarah, Ed. – 1991
Reports of recent original research on linguistics by faculty and students of the University of Kansas are presented. Topics include: "Collaboration on Topic Change in Conversation" (Mary Howe); "Stories in Conversation" (Roberta Senner Hofer); "It's Like, 'What's Happening in the Evolution of Like?': A Theory of…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Etymology, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries
Otanes, Fe T., Ed.; Hale, Austin, Ed. – 1986
This is the second volume of articles produced at the 1982 Summer Institute of Linguistics of the Linguistics Society of the Philippines. Seven articles from this conference appear in Volume 5, Number 1, grouped under Sections I and II. The remaining four papers, grouped under Section III, appear in this volume and deal with a variety of topics…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Research
Gunderson, Doris V., Comp. – 1970
A collection of articles on language and reading drawn from a wide variety of disciplines is presented. Reading research and reading problems and the state of the art of reading instruction in 1967 are also covered. Contents include the following: "On Explaining Language" by E. H. Lenneberg; "The Nature of the Reading Process" by J. B. Carroll;…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Games, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Birdsong, David, Ed. – 1999
This book considers the question of whether, or to what extent, a critical period limits the acquisition of a first language as well as a second language acquired postpubertally. The diversity of opinion on this question is represented in this volume. It is a question that has been approached by researchers working in linguistic theory, evolution…
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes
