Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

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Handbook of Second Language Acquisition edited by William C. Ritchie and Tej K. Bhatia presents an overview of second language acquisition research, including historical developments, major theoretical approaches, current research issues, and structured sections covering theory, maturation and modularity, speech and first-language influence, research methodology and applications, modality and linguistic environment, neuropsychology, and language contact. The volume includes indexes and multiple scholarly chapters by contributors.

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HANDBOOK OF SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Edited by William C. Ritchie Syracuse University and Tej K. Bhatia Syracuse University 0 ACADEMIC PRESS San Diego New York Boston London Sydney Tokyo Toronto This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright 1996 by ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Academic Press, Inc . A Division of Harcourt Brace Company 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, California United Kingdom Edition published by Academic Press Limited- 24-28 Oval Road. London NW 1 7DX Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of second language acquisition edited by William C. Ritchie, Tej K. Bhatia cm. Includes indexes. ISBN o-12-589042-7 Second language acquisition. I. Ritchie, William C. II. Bhatia, Tej K. 1996 94-44081 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 96 97 98 99 00 01 MM 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 To Our Parents: To Georgia Metcalf and to the memory of Gorton Ritchie To the memory of Shri Nand Bhatia and of Shrimati Krishna Bhatia C O N T E N T S CONTRIBUTORS xix xxi . ABBREVIATIONS xx111 I Second Language Acquisition: Introduction, Foundations, and Overview William C. Ritchie K. Bhatia I. Introduction 1 II. Historical Background and Theoretical Approaches 4 A. The 1940s and 1950s 5 B. The 1960s to the Approaches 6 C. Some Integrated Models of SLA 16 D. Summary 18 III. Current Issues in SLA Research 18 A. Introduction: The Central Questions 18 B. The Issues 22 C. Summary 35 IV The Sections and Chapters of This Volume 35 A. Part I: Research and Theoretical Issues in Second Language Acquisition 35 B. Part II: Issues of Maturation and Modularity in Second Language Acquisition 36 C. Part III: Second Language Speech and the Influence of the First Language 38 D. Part IV: Research Methodology and Applications 39 E. Part V: Modality and the Linguistic Environment in Second Language Acquisition 39 Part VI: The Neuropsychology of Second Language Acquisition and Use 40 G. Part VII: Language Contact and Its Consequences 40 Conclusions 41 References 42 RESEARCH AND THEORETICAL ISSUES IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION The Logical and Developmental Problems of Second Language Acquisition Kevin R. Gregg I. Explanatory Goals of L2 Acquisition Theory: The Logical and Developmental Problems 50 II. The Logical Problem of L2 Acquisition: Explaining L2 Competence 52 A. Why Competence? 53 B. The Learnability Condition 54 C. Learnability Considerations in L2 Acquisition 56 D. The Nature of L2 Competence: Modular versus Nonmodular Analyses 57 III. The Developmental Problem: Explaining the Acquisition Process 66 A. Criteria for an Acquisition The

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