Input and evidence : the raw material of second language acquisition
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Input and evidence : the raw material of second language acquisition
（Language acquisition & language disorders / editors, Harald Clahsen, William Rutherford, v. 25）
John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001
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Bibliography: p. [401]-448
Includes index
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Input and Evidence: the raw material of second language acquisition is an empirical and theoretical treatment of one of the essential components of SLA: the input to language learning mechanisms. It reviews and adds to the empirical studies showing that negative evidence (correction, feedback, repetitions, reformulations) play a role in language acquisition in addition to that played by ordinary conversation. At the same time, it embeds discussion of input within a framework which includes a serious treatment of language processing, including the problem of modularity and the question of how semantic representations can influence grammatical ones. It lays the foundation for the development of a truly explanatory theory of SLA in the form of the Autonomous Induction Theory which combines a model of induction with an interpretation of Universal Grammar, thereby permitting, for the the first time, a coherent approach to the problem of constraining induction in SLA.
Table of Contents
- 1. List of tables
- 2. List of figures
- 3. Acknowledgements
- 4. 1. Questions, problems, and definitions
- 5. 2. Property and transition theories
- 6. 3. The representational and developmental problems of language acquisition
- 7. 4. The autonomous induction model
- 8. 5. Constraints on i-learning
- 9. 6. The logical problem of (second) language acquisition revisited
- 10. 7. Input and the Modularity Hypothesis
- 11. 8. The evidence for negative evidence
- 12. 9. Feedback in the Autonomous Induction Theory
- 13. 10. The interpretation of verbal feedback
- 14. Epilogue
- 15. Appendix 1: Acceptability judgement task
- 16. Appendix 2: Experimental session
- 17. References
- 18. Subject index
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