Functional Constraints On Variation In Interlanguage Morphology  

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Young, Richard

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Applied Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 14 no. 1 (Mar. 1993), page 76-97.
Fulltext: Vol 14, 1, p 76-97.pdf (1.27MB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/APL/14 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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This paper critically evaluates the functional hypothesis that interlanguage (IL) is an efficient means of communicating referential information. The presentation includes: (1) a review of the evidence of previous investigations of the functional hypothesis in various different forms of language; (2) a description of two studies of the spoken English IL of learners with very different first language backgrounds (Chinese and Czech/Slovak) that show how little functional constraints affect variation in IL morphology; and (3) a discussion of the consequences for learners if interlanguage is indeed an inefficient means for communicating referential information, and the options available to learners and their interlocutors to repair misunderstandings. It is concluded that early IL is a relatively poor vehicle for the communication of referential information, and that this weakness is not peculiar to IL from anyone group of learners. As a result, a significant amount of repair through interaction is necessary if information is not to be lost altogether.

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