Studies of Fossilization in Second Language Acquisition

Published by Multilingual Matters 2005

Studies of Fossilization in Second Language Acquisition

Edited by: ZhaoHong Han and Terence Odlin

In the series Second Language Acquisition

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781853598371

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About this book

This book brings together a collection of most recent theoretical and empirical studies on fossilization. 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.

Author / Editor information

Han ZhaoHong :

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).

Odlin Terence :

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.

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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Chapter 1. Introduction ZhaoHong Han and Terence Odlin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. Researching Fossilization and Second Language (L2) Attrition: Easy Questions, Difficult Answers Constancio K. Nakuma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 3. Establishing Ultimate Attainment in a Particular Second Language Grammar Donna Lardiere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 4. Fossilization: Can Grammaticality Judgment Be a Reliable Source of Evidence? ZhaoHong Han Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
Chapter 5. Fossilization in L2 and L3 Terence Odlin, Rosa Alonso Alonso and Cristina Alonso-Vazquez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Chapter 6. Child Second Language Acquisition and the Fossilization Puzzle Usha Lakshmanan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Chapter 7. Emergent Fossilization Brian MacWhinney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Chapter 8. Fossilization, Social Context and Language Play Elaine Tarone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Chapter 9. Why Not Fossilization David Birdsong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Chapter 10. Second Language Acquisition and the Issue of Fossilization: There Is No End, and There Is No State Diane Larsen-Freeman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Afterword: Fossilization ‘or’ Does Your Mind Mind? Larry Selinker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: fossilization in second language acquisition; fossilization in SLA; Second Language Acquisition; SLA; fossilization; foreign language learning; second language learning; competence in language learning

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Published: November 11, 2005
ISBN: 9781853598371