Current trends in European second language acquisition research : [papers originating from a workshop held in July 27-28 1985 at Georgetown University

This volume assembles controversial research in restricted areas of SLA and attempts to convey the richness of methodology and variety of thematic scope in European SLA, as discussed at an international workshop: "Current Trends in European Second Language Acquisition." Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright © 1990......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 8 INTRODUCTION......Page 11 PART 1......Page 21 1 Nouns and Verbs in the Learner's Lexicon......Page 23 2 Typological Markedness as a Research Tool in the Study of Second Language Acquisition......Page 33 3 Foreign Language Acquisition and the Development of Automaticity......Page 47 4 Competing Plans in Second Language Processing......Page 61 PART 2......Page 75 5 Early Bilingual Reading: Retrospects and Prospects......Page 77 6 The Relationship Between Native and Foreign Language Learning Ability: Educational and Linguistic Factors......Page 93 7 Investigations into Classroom Discourse......Page 117 8 The Linguistics of Enunciative Operations and Second Language Learning......Page 129 PART 3......Page 151 9 The Development of Means for Temporality in the Unguided Acquisition of L2:Cross-Linguistic Perspectives......Page 153 10 Reference and Discourse Structure in the Learning of French By Adult Moroccans......Page 181 PART 4......Page 213 11 Effects of Transfer in Foreign Language Learning......Page 215 12 Input from Within: Utrecht Research into Cross-linguistic Influence in Formal Language Learning Environments......Page 229 13 Language Contact and Culture Contact: Towards an Integrative Approach in Second Language Acquisition Research......Page 240 BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON CONTRIBUTORS......Page 255 LIST OF RESEARCH PROJECTS......Page 261 INDEX......Page 263 Papers originating from a workshop held July 27-28, 1985 at Georgetown University in conjunction with the 1985 LSA/TESOL Summer Institute.