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Studies of Fossilization in Second Language Acquisition

Studies of Fossilization in Second Language Acquisition

Dr. ZhaoHong Han | Dr. Terence Odlin

(2005)

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Abstract

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.


ZhaoHong Han is Professor of Language and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA, where she researches in second language acquisition, second language teaching, and their interface. She is the author/editor/co-editor of a number of volumes, including Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition (2004) and Linguistic Relativity in SLA: Thinking for Speaking (co-edited with Teresa Cadierno, 2010).

Terence Odlin is Associate Professor Emeritus of English, Ohio State University, USA and his research interests focus on language contact and language transfer. He is the author of Language Transfer (Cambridge University Press) and editor or co-editor of four other volumes. He has also published articles and chapters in several journals and edited volumes.


Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Contents v
Acknowledgements vi
Contributors vii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Researching Fossilization and Second Language (L2) Attrition: Easy Questions, Difficult Answers 21
Chapter 3 Establishing Ultimate Attainment in a Particular Second Language Grammar 35
Chapter 4 Fossilization: Can Grammaticality Judgment Be a Reliable Source of Evidence? 56
Chapter 5 Fossilization in L2 and L3 83
Chapter 6 Child Second Language Acquisition and the Fossilization Puzzle 100
Chapter 7 Emergent Fossilization 134
Chapter 8 Fossilization, Social Context and Language Play 157
Chapter 9 Why Not Fossilization 173
Chapter 10 Second Language Acquisition and the Issue of Fossilization: There Is No End, and There Is No State 189
Afterword: Fossilization ‘or’ Does Your Mind Mind? 201
Index 211