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Peer reviewedEllis, Nick C. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1996
Responds to Major's (1996) and Ioup's (1996) criticism of this author's theory of language acquisition. The author agrees with both critics that abstract systems of phonology are acquired. He concludes that the proper study of language acquisition is to chart the course by which perceptual, motoric, and cognitive functions induce structure. (31…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Audiolingual Methods, Child Language, Constructivism (Learning)
Teller, Virginia, Ed.; White, Sheila J., Ed. – 1980
This compilation contains the following research reports on child language: (1) "Nouns: Love 'Em or Leave 'Em" by Dianne Horgan; (2) "Logic in Early Child Language" by Roy D. Pea; and (3) "Theories of the Child's Acquisition of Syntax: A Look at Rare Events and at Necessary, Catalytic, and Irrelevant Components of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, American Indian Languages, Bilingualism
Gaies, Stephen J. – 1976
The language learner is activated by exposure to primary linguistic data in the target language, categorizes that data and deduces from it a system of rules or hypotheses. When the language acquisition process is successful, as is virtually always the case in first language acquisition, the learner's rule system corresponds to that of the speech…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Child Language, Discourse Analysis
