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Aspects of Lexical Simplification in the Speech and Writing of Advanced Adult Learners. The Notions of Simplification, Interlanguages and Pidgins and Their Relation to Second Language Pedagogy. Actes du 5eme Colloque de Linguistique Appliquee de Neuchatel (Acts of the Fifth Neuchatel Colloquium on Applied Linguistics).

Levenston, E. A.; Blum, S. – 1977

This paper discusses the meaning of the term "lexical simplification" in the context of second language acquisition. It is suggested that simplification be viewed as a universal feature of language use which may be manifested in a number of linguistic contexts, including the creation of a learner's interlanguage. It is further suggested…

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Analysis (Language), Hebrew, Interlanguage

Strategies of Communication through Lexical Avoidance in the Speech and Writing of Second Language Teachers and Learners and in Translation.

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Blum, Shoshana; Levenston, Eddie – 1977

In a recent paper (1977) Levenston and Blum suggested that lexical simplification operates according to universal principles, and that these derive from the individual's semantic competence in his mother tongue. This paper examines the validity of this suggestion by means of a comparative study of lexical simplification in three different…

Descriptors: Classification, Hebrew, Interlanguage, Language Instruction