Studies of Fossilization in Second Language Acquisition

Edited by Dr. ZhaoHong Han, Dr. Terence Odlin

Publication date:

11 November 2005

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

210x148mm
6x8"

ISBN-13: 9781853598364

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

This volume, as a sequel to Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition by Han (2004), brings together a collection of most recent theoretical and empirical studies on fossilization, a classic problem of second language acquisition. It covers a wide range of perspectives and issues. The analyses discussed herein address key concerns of many second language researchers and teachers with regard to just how far anyone can go in learning a new language.

Acknowledgments

Contributors

1. ZhaoHong Han and Terence Odlin: Introduction

2. Constancio K. Nakuma: Researching Fossilization and Second Language (L2) Attrition: Easy Questions, Difficult Answers

3. Donna Lardiere: Establishing Ultimate Attainment in a Particular Second Language Grammar

4. ZhaoHong Han: Fossilization: Can Grammaticality Judgment Be a Reliable Source of Evidence?

5. Terence Odlin, Rosa Alonso Alonso and Cristina Alonso-Vázquez: Fossilization in L2 and L3

6. Usha Lakshmanan: Child Second Language Acquisition and the Fossilization Puzzle

7. Brian MacWhinney: Emergent Fossilization

8. Elaine Tarone: Fossilization, Social Context and Language Play

9. David Birdsong: Why Not Fossilization

10. Diane Larsen-Freeman: Second Language Acquisition and the Issue of Fossilization: There Is No End, and There Is No State

Larry Selinker: Afterword: Fossilization ‘or’ Does Your Mind Mind?

Index