Lexical Learning in Second Language Acquisition: Optionality in the Numeration

Autor/in	Wakabayashi, Shigenori
Titel	Lexical Learning in Second Language Acquisition: Optionality in the Numeration
Quelle	In: Second Language Research, 25 (2009) 2, S.335-341 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-6583
DOI	10.1177/0267658308100293
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Second Language Learning; Language Research; Morphemes; English; Korean; Chinese; Language Proficiency; Form Classes (Languages); Transfer of Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachforschung; Morphem; English language; Englisch; Koreanisch; China; Chinesen; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Analytischer Sprachbau; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung
Abstract	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. (Contains 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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