| Description |
viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Cambridge applied linguistics series
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Cambridge applied linguistics series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Susan M. Gass and Jacquelyn Schachter -- Second language acquisition theory : the case for a generative perspective / Kevin R. Gregg -- What is the logical problem of foreign language learning? / Robert Bley-Vroman -- Testing a proposed universal / Jacquelyn Schachter -- The role of the head-initial head-final parameter in the acquisition of English relative clauses by adult Spanish and Japanese speakers / Suzanne Flynn -- On some properties of the "pro-drop" parameter : looking for missing subjects in non-native Spanish / Juana M. Liceras -- The adjacency condition on case assignment : do L2 learners observe the Subset Principle? / Lydia White -- Interlanguage and pragmatic word order / William Rutherford |
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How do learners resolve linguistic conflicts? / Susan M. Gass -- Canonical typological structures and ergativity in English L2 acquisition / Helmut Zobl -- Semantic theory and L2 lexical development / Wesley Hudson - A constructivist perspective on non-native phonology / Josh Ard -- Stress assignment in interlanguage phonology : an analysis of the stress system of Spanish speakers learning English / Jane Lowenstein Mairs |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition
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Applied linguistics
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| Added Author |
Gass, Susan M
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Schachter, Jacquelyn
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| ISBN |
0521371708 |
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0521378117 (pbk.) |
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