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Download full textPalmberg, Rolf – Language Centre News, 1977
This paper attempts a brief account of recent trends in interlanguage studies. Interlanguage may be defined as a separate linguistic system which results from a learner's attempted production of a target language norm. According to the recreation hypothesis, this is a dynamic system of increasing complexity, whereas, according to the restructuring…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Creoles, Error Analysis (Language), Interlanguage
Peer reviewedFrith, May B. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1975
The interlanguage hypothesis, as it accounts for some of the problems and complexities inherent in second language learning, is described. This approach is compared with the strong version of the contrastive analysis hypothesis. Strengths and weaknesses of the interlanguage hypothesis are examined. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Patterns, Interference (Language)
Jordens, P. – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1979
Attempts to demonstrate the strategies used by the second language learner in deciphering unfamiliar linguistic material. (AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Contrastive Linguistics, Idioms, Interference (Language)
Chesterman, Andrew – 1977
It has been claimed that error analysis (EA) has two broad aims and two levels of application: pedagogical (relevant to syllabus design and second language teaching) and psycholinguistic (relevant to language learning studies). At the moment, EA's pedagogical claims are stronger than its psycholinguistic ones. In its early days, EA defined its…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage
