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Metalinguistic Performance and Interlinguistic Competence: 25 (Springer Series in Language and Communication, 25) - Softcover

Book 6 of 20: Springer Series in Language and Communication

Birdsong, David

 
9783642741265: Metalinguistic Performance and Interlinguistic Competence: 25 (Springer Series in Language and Communication, 25)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3642741266 ISBN 13: 9783642741265
Publisher: Springer, 2011

Synopsis

It is often assumed that metalinguistic performance (e.g., detection of ambiguity, judgments of grammaticality) straightforwardly reflects linguistic knowledge. The inadequacies of such an assumption are explored in this volume, which documents the subtleties of the relationship between metalinguistic performance and knowledge of a second language (interlinguistic competence) from the perspectives of language acquisition theory and cognitive and developmental psychology. This thorough and up-to-date examination of metalinguistic phenomena offers insight to those involved in designing elicitation materials, analyzing and interpreting metalinguistic performance data, and applying such evidence to descriptions of interlanguage grammars and to second-language acquisition theory. The book also contributes constructively to the current debate concerning the role of metalinguistic variables in second-language acquisition, that is, how they ultimately affect success or failure in learning a second language.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3642741266
ISBN 13 
9783642741265
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
255