Recent Research in Language Learning Studies: Promises and Problems.

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27

Adults; Applied Linguistics; Descriptive Linguistics; Language Research; Linguistic Input; Metalinguistics; Phonology; Psycholinguistics; Research Problems; Second Language Learning; Syntax

0023-8333

From perspective of a psycholinguist, discusses three leading questions that have arisen from foundational, descriptive second-language-acquisiton studies: Why are certain L2 constructions learnable and others not?; In considering input requirements, is it fair to say that adult learners can take advantage of metalinguistic information about the language and negative input?; Is focal attention required for acquisition of syntax and phonological rules of target language? (Author/JL)

1999

EJ575467