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Download full textCarlisle, Robert S. – Issues and Developments in English and Applied Linguistics (IDEAL), 1988
A study investigated whether markedness relationships within a target language influence the degree of difficulty in acquisition. The Intralingual Markedness Hypothesis was developed, stating that if structures in the target language differ from those in the native language, and if those structures in the target language are in a markedness…
Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), Interlanguage, Language Research
Monroy, Rafael, Ed.; Gutierrez, Francisco, Ed. – International Journal of English Studies, 2001
Articles in this special issue include the following: "Allophonic Splits in L2 Phonology: The Questions of Learnability" (Fred R. Eckman, Abdullah Elreyes, Gregory K. Iverson); "Native Language Influence in Learners' Assessment of English Focus" (M. L. Garcia Lecumberri); "Obstruent Voicing in English and Polish. A…
Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), Finnish, Interlanguage
Peer reviewedHamilton, Robert – Second Language Research, 1998
Reports an experimental study on the acquisition of English reflexives by adult Japanese-speaking learners of English. Consonant with a review of previous studies on binding in second-language acquisition, results of the experiment yield no evidence of an interlanguage grammar that is illicit with respect to universal grammar. (Author/ER)
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Yuan, Boping – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1992
This paper reports on a pilot study examining how Chinese-speaking learners of English reset the non-empty topic [-Te] parameter. Whereas Chinese allows empty topics coindexed with variables in both subject and object positions, English does not. With respect to this particular parameter, Chinese can be said to form a superset of English as the…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Bongaerts, Theo, Ed.; And Others – Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen (Applied Linguistics in Articles), 1990
Revised texts of five papers from a conference on Dutch applied linguistics are presented. "Learning a Foreign Language in a Natural Acquisition Context Without Instruction" (Wolfgang Klein) advocates observing and analyzing language learning in progress in natural language learning contexts and presents data from a European project on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics
Gass, Susan M., Ed.; Madden, Carolyn G., Ed. – 1985
This collection of conference papers includes: "When Does Teacher Talk Work as Input?"; "Cultural Input in Second Language Learning"; "Skilled Variation in a Kindergarten Teacher's Use of Foreigner Talk"; "Teacher-Pupil Interaction in Second Language Development"; "Foreigner Talk in the University…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conference Proceedings
Dittmar, Norbert, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Papers included in this volume are: "The Muted Voice of Immigrant Workers;""The Situation of Foreign Workers in Sweden"; "Situation of Foreign Workers in the Federal Republic of Germany"; "Teaching German to Immigrant Children"; "Using Language Typology in Contrastive Studies"; "On Determining…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Classification
