Dynamic Variation in Second Language Acquisition

Dynamic Variation in Second Language Acquisition
Author: Bronwen Patricia Dyson
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2021-08-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027259763

Dynamic Variation in Second Language Acquisition makes a cutting-edge contribution to knowledge about how second language learners develop their second language. Drawing comprehensively on Processability Theory’s theoretical understanding that individual variation dynamically interacts with ordered stages of language acquisition, the book provides an informative, critical analysis of historical and contemporary debates about the role of variation in linguistic variation, particularly second language variation. Richly illustrated with a forensic year-long study of how eight adolescent learners of English vary in their acquisition of syntax and morphology, this monograph shows that learners vary in their timing of development between two distinct learner types along a continuum and without skipping stages. The book uncovers how learner variation is dynamic and quite (although not entirely) systematic and how this variation contributes to change in the second language. It will be essential reading for researchers, students, and practitioners.

The Dynamic Interlanguage

The Dynamic Interlanguage
Author: Miriam R. Eisenstein
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1489909001

Recent work in applied linguistics has expanded our understanding of the rule governed nature of language. The concept of an idealized speaker -hearer whose linguistic competence is abstract and separate from reality has been enriched by the notion of an actual interlocutor who possesses communicative compe tence, a knowledge of language which accounts for its use in real-world con texts. Areas of variation previously relegated to idiosyncratic differences in performance have been found to be dynamic yet consistent and lend themselves to study and systematic description. Because language acquisition involves the development of communicative competence, by its very nature it incorporates variation and systematicity. Sec ond-language acquisition is similarly variable, since interlanguage is subject to the same universal and language-specific conventions. In addition, aspects of the second language have been found to be unevenly acquired and are differ entially reflected in particular contexts or settings. Yet, despite our expanding knowledge, this variability is only beginning to be treated in much of the sec ond-language acquisition literature. This volume presents the work of some researchers and methodologists who have taken on the challenge of including variation in their research designs and pedagogical recommendations. Variation is shown to be relevant to lin guistic, social, and psychological aspects of language. It is apparent in the registers and dialects of the target language and in the inter language of learners.

A Dynamic Approach to Second Language Development

A Dynamic Approach to Second Language Development
Author: Marjolijn Verspoor
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2011-02-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 902728735X

Dynamic systems theory, a general theory of change and development, offers a new way to study first and second language development and requires a new set of tools for analysis of empirical data. After a brief introduction to the theory, this book, co-authored by several leading scholars in the field, concentrates on tools and techniques recently developed to analyze language data from a dynamic perspective. The chapters deal with the general thoughts and reasoning behind coding data, analyzing variability, discovering interacting variables and modeling. The accompanying How to sections give step-by-step instructions to using macros to speed up the coding, creating a dedicated lexical profile, making min-max graphs, testing for significance in single case studies by running simulations, and modeling. Example files and data sets are available on the accompanying website (http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/lllt.29.website). Although the focus is on second language development, the tools are applicable to a wide range of phenomena in applied linguistics.

Variation in Second Language Acquisition: Discourse and pragmatics

Variation in Second Language Acquisition: Discourse and pragmatics
Author: Susan M. Gass
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Total Pages: 318
Release: 1989
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

This book presents a number of solutions to the problems of studying variability in second language acquisition. It makes important contributions to methodological and theoretical issues in SLA, as well as to the role of these issues in general linguistics.

Learner Corpus Research Meets Second Language Acquisition

Learner Corpus Research Meets Second Language Acquisition
Author: Bert Le Bruyn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2021-01-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1108425402

This volume bridges the gap between the rapidly advancing fields of Learner Corpus Research and Second Language Acquisition.

Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition
Author: Kimberly L. Geeslin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1136306064

Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition of a second language. It reviews basic principles of sociolinguistics, provides a unified account of the multiple theoretical approaches to social factors in second languages, summarizes the growing body of empirical research, including examples of findings from a wide range of second languages, and discusses the application of sociolinguistics to the second language classroom. Written for an audience that extends beyond specialists in the field, complete with summary tables, additional readings, discussion questions, and application activities throughout, this volume will serve as the ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate students of second language acquisition and instruction, and will also be of interest to researchers in the fields of second language acquisition, second language instruction and sociolinguistics.

Cognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Processing and Acquisition

Cognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Processing and Acquisition
Author: Gisela Granena
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2016-12-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027266328

Cognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Processing and Acquisition contains 14 chapters that focus on the role of cognitive IDs in L2 learning and processing. The book brings together theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of cognitive IDs, as well as empirical studies that investigate the mediating role of cognitive IDs in various linguistic domains. Chapters include contributions from researchers working within second language acquisition (SLA), psycholinguistics, and cognitive psychology, sharing a common interest in the application of cognitive IDs to their respective areas of study. The interdisciplinary understanding of cognitive IDs presented in this book makes the book of interest to a wide readership of graduate students, faculty members, and academic researchers in the fields of SLA, psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, and education.

The Dynamics of Linguistic Variation

The Dynamics of Linguistic Variation
Author: Terttu Nevalainen
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2008-12-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027290385

Variability is characteristic of any living language. This volume approaches the ‘life cycle’ of linguistic variability in English using data sources that range from electronic corpora to the internet. In the spirit of the 1968 Weinreich, Labov and Herzog classic, the fifteen contributions divide into three sections, each highlighting different stages in the dynamics of English across time and space. They show, first, how increase in variability can be initiated by processes that give rise to new patterns of discourse, which can ultimately crystallize into new grammatical elements. The next phase is the spread of linguistic features and patterns of discourse, both new and well established, through the social and regional varieties of English. The final phase in this ebb and flow of linguistic variability consists of processes promoting some variable features over others across registers and regional and social varieties, thus resulting in reduced variation and increased linguistic homogeneity.

Second Language Acquisition Theory

Second Language Acquisition Theory
Author: Alessandro G. Benati
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2022-08-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027257485

Professor Michael H. Long (1945-2021) was one of the most influential scholars in the field of second language acquisition. This volume presents a set of chapters that honour some of his key contributions in language teaching and learning. Following a bibliometric analysis of the impact of his research to the field, the volume spans topics such as task-based language teaching, focus on form, age effects, transfer, feedback, interaction, incidental learning, stabilization, among many others.