Linguistics and second language acquisition

Included Index.

Ch. 1. The Background to Current Second Language Acquisition Research. 1.1. The Goals of Second Language Research. 1.2. The Scope of this Book. 1.3. Early Second Language Acquisition Research --
Ch. 2. Sequences in Second Language Acquisition. 2.1. Grammatical Morphemes. 2.2. Negation and the Learner's Language System. 2.3. Explanations for Stages of Second Language Acquisition. 2.4. The Concept of Stage. 2.5. Syntactic Aspects of Grammatical Morpheme and Negation Research. 2.6. Observational Data in Second Language Acquisition Research --
Ch. 3. The Input Hypothesis Model. 3.1. The Five Hypotheses. 3.2. Krashen's Evidence for the Input Hypothesis. 3.3. Evidence for the Other Hypotheses. 3.4. Models in Second Language Acquisition Research --
Ch. 4. Pidgins, Creoles, and Variation. 4.1. Pidginisation and Acculturation. 4.2. Creoles and Second Language Acquisition. 4.3. Second Language Acquisition and Variation. 4.4. L2 Use and L2 Learning. Ch. 5. The Multidimensional Model and the Teachability Hypothesis. 5.1. Orders of Acquisition in German. 5.2. Extensions to the Original Multidimensional Model Research. 5.3. The Linguistic Basis for the Multidimensional Model. 5.4. The Processing Rationale for the Multidimensional Model. 5.5. Methodological Issues. 5.6. General Implications of Psychological Processing Models --
Ch. 6. Learning and Communication Strategies. 6.1. Learning Strategies. 6.2. Communication and Compensatory Strategies. 6.3. Methodological Issues in Strategies Research. 6.4. Linguistics and Strategies Research --
Ch. 7. Relative Clauses: Beyond Phrase Structure Syntax. 7.1. Relative Clauses and the Accessibility Hierarchy. 7.2. Relative Clauses and Psychological Processing. 7.3. The L2 Acquisition of Relative Clauses and Linguistics. 7.4. Comprehension and Experiments in SLA Research --
Ch. 8. Principles and Parameters Syntax. 8.1. Some Concepts of Principles and Parameters Theory: X-bar Syntax. 8.2. The Pro-drop Parameter and the Inflection Phrase. 8.3. Binding Theory. 8.4. The Head-direction Parameter (Principal Branching Direction). 8.5. Syntax and SLA Research --
Ch. 9. The Universal Grammar Model and Second Language Acquisition. 9.1. The Universal Grammar Model of Language Acquisition. 9.2. Access to UG and Subjacency in L2 Learners. 9.3. Access to UG and German Word Order. 9.4. Evidence in UG-related Research and Grammaticality Judgements. 9.5. UG and Multi-competence --
Ch. 10. Cognitive Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Research. 10.1. Anderson's ACT* Model. 10.2. Temporal Variables. 10.3. Information Processing. 10.4. MacWhinney's Competition Model. 10.5. Plans and Goals. 10.6. Other Features of Cognitive Theories. 10.7. Methodology. 10.8. The Linguistic Background. 10.9. Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition.

This book covers approaches to second language research that in some way conform to the agenda of linguistics. It presents the actual methodology and results of research rather than just the conclusions or interpretations. It covers the main current theories, research methods and techniques, and it considers the crucial problems involved in relating Second Language Acquisition to linguistics.