Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition

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William E. Rutherford

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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 discourse. Universals are also considered with reference to ontology, psychological reality, and evaluation metrics.

[Typological Studies in Language, 5] 1984. ix, 264 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.5

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction William E. Rutherford	1
Why linguists need laguage acquirers Bernard Comrie	11
Comments on the paper by Comrie Josh Ard	30
Second laguage acquisition and the ontology of laguage universals Susan M. Gass and Josh Ard	33
Comments on the paper by Gass and Ard Lorraine E. Kumpf	69
Reply to Kumpf’s Comments Susan M. Gass and Josh Ard	73
Universals, typologies, and interlanguage Fred Eckman	79
Comments on the paper by Eckman Carol Lord	106
Universals of discourse structure and second language acquisition T. Givón	109
Comments on the paper by Givón John H. Schumann	137
The language bioprogram hypothesis and second language acquisition Derek Bickerton	141
Comments on the paper by Bickerton Charles A. Ferguson	162
A universal input condition Jacquelyn Schachter	167
Uniformity and source-language variation across developmental continua Helmut Zobl	185
Comments on the paper by Zobl Carmen Silva-Corvalán	219
In what ways are language universals psychologically real? Kenji Hakuta	223
Comments on the paper by Hakuta Evelyn Hatch	239
Reply to Hatch’s comments Kenji Hakuta	244
Repertoire universals, markedness, and second language acquisition Charles A. Ferguson	247
Index to references	259
Index to languages	263

“Already an outstanding collection, the value of the papers in Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition is further enhanced by the frequently insightful critiques following each paper.”

G. Thurgood in Language Learning.

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Subjects

Linguistics

Typology

Theoretical linguistics

Language acquisition

BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

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