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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456545803321

Titolo

Second language acquisition and linguistic variation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert Bayley, Dennis R. Preston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1996

ISBN

1-55619-544-3

90-272-8277-3

1-283-22214-0

9786613222145

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

Studies in bilingualism (SiBil), , 0928-1533 ; ; v. 10

Altri autori (Persone)

BayleyRobert <1943->

PrestonDennis Richard

Disciplina

418

Soggetti

Second language acquisition

Language and languages - Variation

Interlanguage (Language learning)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LINGUISTIC VARIATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Table of contents; Preface; Variationist Perspectiveson Second Language Acquisition; Factors Affecting the Productionof Word-initial Consonantsin a Second Language; Markedness in Second Language Acquisition of Consonant Clusters; Competing Constraints on Variationin the Speech of AdultChinese Learners of English; Tense Marking in the English of Spanish-speaking Adolescents; Form-Function Relations in Articles in English Interlanguage

Variation in French Interlanguage: A Longitudinal Study of Sociolinguistic CompetenceDisentangling Language Acquisition from Language Variation; Some Notes on the Role of Misperception in Language Learning; VARBRUL Analysis for Second Language Acquisition Research; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume corrects the relative neglect in Second Language Acquisition studies of the quantitative study of language variation and



provides insights into such issues as language transfer, acquisition through exposure, language universals, learner's age and so forth.These studies bolster the idea that a full account of SLA development (and, hence, a "theory of SLA") must be built on not only detailed accounts of interlanguage data but also on a wide appeal to factors which govern the psycholinguistic bases of SLA. An important addition to the volume is a comprehensive guide to bot