Modular Patterns in Second Language Acquisition.

Rescorla, Leslie; Okuda, Sachiko

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Publication Date: 1987

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Modular Patterns in Second Language Acquisition.

Rescorla, Leslie; Okuda, Sachiko

Applied Psycholinguistics, v8 n3 p281-308 1987

Analysis of data from the first six months of acquisition of English as a second language by a Japanese five-year-old illustrated the role of modular "chunking" and coupling in the second language acquisition process, apparent in the child's pre-copula and copula referential utterances. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Japanese, Language Patterns, Language Processing, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Speech Acts, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Verbs, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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