The Dynamic Interlanguage - Empirical Studies in Second Language Variation (Hardcover, 1989 ed.)

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."

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Topics in Language and Linguistics
Release date:	September 1989
First published:	1989
Editors:	Miriam R. Eisenstein
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	324
Edition:	1989 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-306-43174-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General
LSN:	0-306-43174-2
Barcode:	9780306431746

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