Lexical learning in second language acquisition: optionality in the numeration  

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Wakabayashi, Shigenori

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Second Language Research (Full Text & ada di PROQUEST) vol. 25 no. 2 (Apr. 2009), page 335–341.
Topik: English definite article; feature; variability; optionality; numeration
Fulltext: Shigenori Wakabayashi.pdf (83.63KB)

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Lardiere suggests that second language acquisition (SLA) researchers should pay more attention to the distribution of a given feature in source and target languages, using the distribution of [plural] in English, Chinese and Korean to illustrate. I argue that the distribution of [definite] in English shows a similar complexity, and that this has largely been ignored in existing second language studies. I propose that it is distributional complexity of this kind that underlies the gradual development and variability observed in second language (L2) performance. A four-stage model is outlined, attributing gradual development/variability (partly) to optionality in the numeration

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