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Beebe, Leslie M. – 1983
Three questions in the application of native-language sociolinguistic theories to second language contexts are addressed: (1) Is transfer always a psycholinguistic process of interlingual overgeneralization? (2) Does attention to speech underlie all style shifting? (3) Is H. Giles' Speech Accommodation Theory adequate to explain all purposeful…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Interference (Language)
Riley, Philip – 1984
The basic premise of this paper is that second language learning or teaching is an exercise in contrastive linguistics because learners filter and assimilate the second language through the categories and experiences represented by the first language to create situationally appropriate utterances. By selecting and exchanging information,…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context
Robinett, Betty Wallace, Ed.; Schachter, Jacquelyn, Ed. – 1983
This graduate level text on second language learning is divided into three sections. The first two sections provide a survey of the historical underpinnings of second language research in contrastive analysis and error analysis. The third section includes discussions of recent developments in the field. The first section contains articles on the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Applied Linguistics, Classroom Communication, Contrastive Linguistics
