Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

by Towell, Richard; Hawkins, Roger

• ISBN13: 9781853592348
• ISBN10: 185359234X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-04-19
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
The Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition	p. 7
Early Linguistic Approaches to Explaining the Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition	p. 17
Sociolinguistic Approaches to Explaining the Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition	p. 33
Cognitive Approaches to Explaining the Observable Phenomena of Second Language Acquisition	p. 45
The Approach to Second Language Acquisition Based on Universal Grammar	p. 57
Parametric Variation and Transfer in Second Language Acquisition	p. 74
Parametric Variation and Incompleteness in Second Language Acquisition	p. 110
Parametric Variation, Staged Development and Cross-learner Systematicity in Second Language Acquisition	p. 129
Parametric Variation, Variability and the Limits of the Explanatory Power of Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquisition	p. 142
Explanations of Variability	p. 153
Hypothesis Creation and Revision	p. 174
The Development of Language Processing	p. 201
Approaches to Learner Strategies	p. 226
Towards a Model of Second Language Acquisition	p. 245
Bibliography	p. 267
Index	p. 277
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