Studies of Fossilization in Second Language Acquisition

by Han, ZhaoHong; Odlin, Terence

• ISBN13: 9781853598357
• ISBN10: 1853598356
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-11
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

This volume, as a sequel to Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition by Han (2004), brings together a collection of most recent theoretical and empirical studies on fossilization, a classic problem of second language acquisition. It covers a wide range of perspectives and issues. The analyses discussed herein address key concerns of many second language researchers and teachers with regard to just how far anyone can go in learning a new language.

Author Biography

ZhaoHong Han is Professor of Language and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA, where she researches in second language acquisition, second language teaching, and their interface. She is the author/editor/co-editor of a number of volumes, including Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition (2004) and Linguistic Relativity in SLA: Thinking for Speaking (co-edited with Teresa Cadierno, 2010).Terence Odlin is Associate Professor Emeritus of English, Ohio State University, USA and his research interests focus on language contact and language transfer. He is the author of Language Transfer (Cambridge University Press) and editor or co-editor of four other volumes. He has also published articles and chapters in several journals and edited volumes.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi
Contributors	vii
Introduction	1	(20)
ZhaoHong Han
Terence Odlin
Researching Fossilization and Second Language (L2) Attrition: Easy Questions, Difficult Answers	21	(14)
Constancio K. Nakuma
Establishing Ultimate Attainment in a Particular Second Language Grammar	35	(21)
Donna Lardiere
Fossilization: Can Grammaticality Judgment Be a Reliable Source of Evidence?	56	(27)
ZhaoHong Han
Fossilization in L2 and L3	83	(17)
Terence Odlin
Rosa Alonso Alonso
Cristina Alonso-Vazquez
Child Second Language Acquisition and the Fossilization Puzzle	100	(34)
Usha Lakshmanan
Emergent Fossilization	134	(23)
Brian MacWhinney
Fossilization, Social Context and Language Play	157	(16)
Elaine Tarone
Why Not Fossilization	173	(16)
David Birdsong
Second Language Acquisition and the Issue of Fossilization: There Is No End, and There Is No State	189	(12)
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Afterword: Fossilization 'or' Does Your Mind Mind?	201	(10)
Larry Selinker
Index	211