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Direct linkHartsuiker, Robert J. – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2013
Muysken argues for four general "strategies" that characterize language contact phenomena across several levels of description. These strategies are (A) maximize structural coherence of the first language (L1); (B) maximize structural coherence of the second language (L2); (C) match between L1 and L2 patterns where possible; and (D) use…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Processing, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedWhite, Lydia – Second Language Research, 1992
Responds to a reanalysis of study findings that refute the claim that negative evidence can lead to parameter setting in second-language acquisition, presenting empirical evidence from French learners of English, suggesting that positive second-language acquisition data do not guarantee the loss of native language parameter settings. (26…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), French, Grammar, Interference (Language)
Kalnitz, Joanne – 1978
Certain proposed theories on second language acquisition, their justifications, and their predictions about English are examined in this paper. The first section discusses the process of second language acquisition; the stages and strategies learners use and progress through on their way to mastery are described. The second section discusses the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Contrastive Linguistics
