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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957930103321

Titolo

Language universals and second language acquisition : containing the contributions to a conference on language universals and second language acquisition held at the University of Southern California, February 1982 / / edited by William E. Rutherford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1984

ISBN

1-283-09304-9

9786613093042

90-272-8640-X

90-272-2870-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Typological studies in language, , 0167-7373 ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

RutherfordWilliam E

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Linguistic universals

Language acquisition

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

LANGUAGE UNIVERSALS AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; WHY LINGUISTS NEED LANGUAGE ACQUIRERS; COMMENTS ON THE PAPER BY COMRIE; SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND THE ONTOLOGY OF LANGUAGE UNIVERSALS; COMMENTS ON THE PAPER BY GASS AND ARD; REPLY TO KUMPF'S COMMENTS; UNIVERSALS, TYPOLOGIES AND INTERLANGUAGE; COMMENTS ON THE PAPER BY ECKMAN; UNIVERSALS OF DISCOURSE STRUCTURE AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; COMMENTS ON THE PAPER BY GIVÓN; THE LANGUAGE BIOPROGRAM HYPOTHESIS AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

COMMENTS ON THE PAPER BY BICKERTONA UNIVERSAL INPUT CONDITION; UNIFORMITY AND SOURCE-LANGUAGE VARIATION ACROSS DEVELOPMENTAL CONTINUA; COMMENTS ON THE PAPER BY ZOBL; IN WHAT WAYS ARE LANGUAGE UNIVERSALS PSYCHOLOGICALLY REAL?; COMMENTS ON THE PAPER BY HAKUTA; REPLY TO HATCH'S COMMENTS;



REPERTOIRE UNIVERSALS, MARKEDNESS, AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; INDEX TO REFERENCES; INDEX TO LANGUAGES; The series Typological Studies in Language

Sommario/riassunto

This volume consists of papers presented at the Conference on Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition, University of Southern California, February 1982. Published with the papers are the remarks of the originally assigned discussants. The collection represents an important cross-fertilization between research in grammatical theory and in second language acquisition. Topics dealt with in a number of the papers include word order, markedness, core grammar, accessability hierarchies, and simplified registers. The range of universals discussed embraces phonology, syntax, semantics, and