Crosscurrents in second language acquisition and linguistic theories . (Language acquisition and language disorders, 2.) Ed. by Thom Huebner and Charles A. Ferguson Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1991. Pp. vii, 435. $130.00.

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1. Preface 2. I. Overview 3. Second language acquisition: litmus test for linguistic theory? (by Huebner, Thom) 4. Recent trends in syntactic theory (by Sells, Peter) 5. Typology/universals and second language acquisition (by Greenberg, Joseph H.) 6. II. From Theories to Hypothesis Testing 7. Prosodic phonology: second language acquisition data as evidence in theoretical phonology (by Vogel, Irene) 8. Natural morphology: the organization of paradigms and language acquisition (by Bybee, Joan L.) 9. Typological text analysis: tense and aspects in creoles and second languages (by Myhill, John) 10. Relational grammar: L2 learning and the components of L1 knowledge (by Rosen, Carol) 11. Government-binding: parameter-setting in second language acquisition and implications for theoretical linguistics (by Klein, Wolfgang) 12. Functionalist linguistics: discourse structure and language processing in second language acquisition (by Cooreman, Ann) 13. Variation theory: implicational scaling and critical age limits in models of linguistic variation, acquisition and change (by Rickford, John R.) 14. III. From Data to Model Building 15. Perception and production: the relevance of phonetic input to L2 phonological learning (by Flege, James Emil) 16. The teaching of intonation: classroom experiences to theoretical models (by Cessaris, Ann C.) 17. Developmental sequences: the emergence of aspect marking in second language acquisition (by Andersen, Roger W.) 18. Cross-generational bilingualism: theoretical implications of language attrition (by Silva-Corvalan, Carmen) 19. Modality and second language learning: a challenge for linguistic theory (by Dittmar, Norbert) 20. Narrative and description: temporal reference in second language acquisition (by Stutterheim, Christiane von) 21. Cross-linguistic comparisons: organizational principles in learner languages (by Perdue, Clive) 22. IV. Conclusions 23. Currents between second language acquisition and linguistic theory (by Ferguson, Charles A.)

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