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Makoni, S. B. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1991
This paper argues that, on one hand, there are compelling theoretical reasons to believe that interlanguage (IL) grammars are both systematically and randomly variable, and that the relationship between the two types of variation is a complex one. At any one stage of IL development, some structures may be systematically variable, but at the same…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grammar, Interlanguage, Language Research
Hill, David J. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1992
As part of a research program investigating the interlanguage lexicon of Kenyan learners of English, based on the lexical field of locomotion, a card sorting task was used to produce raw similarity measure data. This was subjected to cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling (MDS). This paper suggests that cluster analysis/MDS of perceived…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interlanguage
Hill, David J. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1991
A study was carried out in Kenya to investigate the oral lexical production of learners of English as a Second Language with different native languages. The overall results revealed a clear difference between the Kenya language speakers on the one hand and native speakers on the other: native speakers showed an overwhelming preference for manner…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interlanguage
Owusu-Ansah, L. K. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1991
Deviation for native-speaker norms in non-native varieties of English are often regarded as interlanguage features which must either be weeded out through teaching or which the learner will eventually abandon as his competency moves in the direction of the target language. It is argued in this paper that some deviations are motivated by style,…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar
Enomoto, Kayoko – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1992
This paper reports on a small-scale pilot study further investigating the perceptual development in the acquisition of durational contrasts by different levels of adult English-speakers of Japanese. Four kinds of naturally spoken word-tokens were edited by a synthesizer to generate word-stimuli varying the duration of a certain consonant/vowel…
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Perception, English, Foreign Countries
Yuan, Boping – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1992
This paper reports on a pilot study examining how Chinese-speaking learners of English reset the non-empty topic [-Te] parameter. Whereas Chinese allows empty topics coindexed with variables in both subject and object positions, English does not. With respect to this particular parameter, Chinese can be said to form a superset of English as the…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Lynch, Tony, Ed. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1991
A yearly cross-section of current work in Edinburgh University's Department of Applied Linguistics is offered with the aim of eliciting reactions and criticism. Papers in this compilation are: "Discursive Aspects of Metafiction: A Neo-Oral Aura?"; "The Reaction of Learners to Tape-Based Listening Comprehension Materials in French,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Lynch, Tony, Ed. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1992
Edinburgh Working Papers is intended to show a yearly cross-section of current work in Edinburgh's Department of Applied Linguistics and to elicit reactions and criticism. Papers in this compilation include the following: "Asymmetric Resetting of the Non-Empty Topic Parameter by Chinese-Speaking Learners of English"; "The…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cluster Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis