The Current State of Interlanguage. Studies in honor of William E. Rutherford.

EUBANK, Lynn, Larry SELINKER and Michael SHARWOOD SMITH (eds.)

ISBN 10: 9027221529 / ISBN 13: 9789027221520

Published by John Benjamins, 1995

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309 pages. 8.98x6.14x0.87 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Current State of Interlanguage. Studies in honor of William E. Rutherford.
• Publisher: John Benjamins
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027221529
• ISBN 13: 9789027221520
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.48 kilograms

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Synopsis

This state-of-the-art volume presents an outstanding collection of 22 studies on current issues facing research in second-language acquisition (SLA). The editors sought contributions for this volume from seasoned veterans of SLA like Lydia White and Susan Gass, from well-known researchers in linguistics and/or first-language acquisition like Haj Ross and Harald Clahsen, and from relative newcomers to the field like India Plough and Jean-Marc Dewaele. The topics covered range from the role of universals at various levels of second-language (L2) knowledge; the way that linguistic knowledge is represented by L2 learners; the changing nature of linguistic theory itself; and the definition of usage phenomena like style shifting and code switching. The introduction to The Current State of Interlanguage gives a concise yet detailed overview of research in the field over the past 10 years, and focuses on the present growing concensus on a number of issues that were at one point highly controversial.