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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461426203321

Autore

Gass Susan M

Titolo

Language Transfer in Language Learning [[electronic resource] ] : Revised edition

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1992

ISBN

1-283-28024-8

9786613280244

90-272-8178-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SelinkerLarry

Disciplina

401/.9

Soggetti

Language transfer (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 contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. A Role for the Mother Tongue; 3. A New Account of Language Transfer; 4. Verification of Language Transfer; 5. Transfer and Universals in Second Language Epenthesis; 6. Language Transfer and the Acquisition of Pronouns; 7. Rhetorical Transfer in Apachean English; 8. Interethnic Conversation and Second Language Acquisition:Discourse Accent Revi sited; 9. The Cognitive Function of Case Marking in German as a Nativeand a Foreign Language

10. Prior Linguistic Knowledge and the Conservation of the LearningProcedure: Grammaticality Judgments of Unilingual and MultilingualLearners11. Language Transfer And Fossilization: The ""Multiple Effects Principle""; 12. Universal Grammar: Is it Just a New Name for Old Problems?; Afterword

Sommario/riassunto

The study of native language influence in Second Language Acquisition has undergone significant changes over the past few decades. This book, which includes 12 chapters by distinguished researchers in the field of second language acquisition, traces the conceptual history of language transfer from its early role within a Contrastive Analysis framework to its current position within Universal Grammar. The introduction presents a continuum of thought starting from the late 70s, a time in which major rethinking in the field regarding the concept



of language transfer was beginning to take place, a