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Perdue, Clive – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2000
Introduces this special issue of the journal and presents results from comparative research into the principles constraining learner varieties (interlanguages) in use. Articles analyze the oral production of complex verbal tasks in second language Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dutch, English (Second Language), French

Backus, Ad – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2000
Explores the usefulness of a typology of contact mechanisms for one type of contact setting: that of a typical immigrant language, in this case the variety of Turkish that is spoken in the Netherlands. Examines the relevance of insertional code switching to the genesis of mixed languages--Dutch and Turkish. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cognitive Processes, Dutch