| Description |
vii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition -- 2. Early Linguistic Approaches to Explaining the Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition -- 3. Sociolinguistic Approaches to Explaining the Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition -- 4. Cognitive Approaches to Explaining the Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition -- 5. The Approach to Second Language Acquisition Based on Universal Grammar -- 6. Parametric Variation and Transfer in Second Language Acquisition -- 7. Parametric Variation and Incompleteness in Second Language Acquisition -- 8. Parametric Variation, Staged Development and Cross-learner Systematicity in Second Language Acquisition -- 9. Parametric Variation, Variability and the Limits of the Explanatory Power of Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquisition -- 10. Explanations of Variability -- 11. Hypothesis Creation and Revision -- 12. The Development of Language Processing -- 13. Approaches to Learner Strategies -- 14. Towards a Model of Second Language Acquisition |
| Analysis |
Language Learning |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition -- Methodology.
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Sociolinguistics.
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Variability (Psychometrics)
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| Author |
Hawkins, Roger (Roger D.)
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| LC no. |
93050615 |
| ISBN |
185359234X (paperback) |
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1853592358 (hbk.) |
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