Psycholinguistic Approaches to SLA.

Segalowitz, Norman; Lightbown, Patsy M.

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ERIC Number: EJ583992

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Psycholinguistic Approaches to SLA.

Segalowitz, Norman; Lightbown, Patsy M.

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, v19 p43-63 1999

Discusses issues related to psycholinguistics since second-language acquisition (SLA) research has emerged as a scientific discipline. These issues include the debate about the place of an innate universal grammar in language acquisition, basic cognitive mechanisms underlying SLA, and pedagogical implications of recent developments in the psychological literature. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar, Language Fluency, Language Research, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Memory, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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