Studies of Fossilization in Second Language Acquisition

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-85359-835-7
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 296 g

This volume, as a sequel to Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition by Han (2004), brings together a collection of most recent theoretical and empirical studies on fossilization, a classic problem of second language acquisition. It covers a wide range of perspectives and issues. The analyses discussed herein address key concerns of many second language researchers and teachers with regard to just how far anyone can go in learning a new language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Han, Zhaohong

Odlin, Terence

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Alphabetisierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Contributors

1. ZhaoHong Han and Terence Odlin: Introduction

2. Constancio K. Nakuma: Researching Fossilization and Second Language (L2) Attrition: Easy Questions, Difficult Answers

3. Donna Lardiere: Establishing Ultimate Attainment in a Particular Second Language Grammar

4. ZhaoHong Han: Fossilization: Can Grammaticality Judgment Be a Reliable Source of Evidence?

5. Terence Odlin, Rosa Alonso Alonso and Cristina Alonso-Vázquez: Fossilization in L2 and L3

6. Usha Lakshmanan: Child Second Language Acquisition and the Fossilization Puzzle

7. Brian MacWhinney: Emergent Fossilization

8. Elaine Tarone: Fossilization, Social Context and Language Play

9. David Birdsong: Why Not Fossilization

10. Diane Larsen-Freeman: Second Language Acquisition and the Issue of Fossilization: There Is No End, and There Is No State

Larry Selinker: Afterword: Fossilization ‘or’ Does Your Mind Mind?

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Odlin, Terence
Terence Odlin is an emeritus faculty member of Ohio State University, USA. He continues to pursue his long-standing interest in language transfer, including relevant aspects of translation theory. He is the author of numerous publications on the subject, including New Perspectives on Transfer in Second Language Learning (co-edited with Liming Yu, 2016, Multilingual Matters).

Han, Zhaohong
ZhaoHong Han is Professor of Language and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests include second language learnability, second language teachability, and their interface. Among her recent publications are Complexity Theory and Language Development (co-edited with Lourdes Ortega, John Benjamins, 2017), Studies in Second Language Acquisition of Chinese (Multilingual Matters, 2014) and Linguistic Relativity in SLA (co-edited with Teresa Cadierno, Multilingual Matters, 2010).

ZhaoHong Han is Professor of Language and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA, where she researches in second language acquisition, second language teaching, and their interface. She is the author/editor/co-editor of a number of volumes, including Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition (2004) and Linguistic Relativity in SLA: Thinking for Speaking (co-edited with Teresa Cadierno, 2010).

Terence Odlin is Associate Professor Emeritus of English, Ohio State University, USA and his research interests focus on language contact and language transfer. He is the author of Language Transfer (Cambridge University Press) and editor or co-editor of four other volumes. He has also published articles and chapters in several journals and edited volumes.