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| Title | Review: Cross-Linguistic Influences in the Second Language Lexicon |
| Body | From http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2001.html EDITOR: Arabski, Janusz TITLE: Cross-Linguistic Influences in the Second Language Lexicon SERIES: Second Language Acquisition PUBLISHER: Multilingual Matters YEAR: 2006 Julie Bruch, Associate Professor of English and Linguistics at Mesa State College INTRODUCTION Cross-linguistic Influences in the Second Language Lexicon is a collection of nineteen papers which focus on aspects of transfer in the acquisition of lexicon. The collection includes both theoretical analyses and work based on empirical observation. The notion of transfer in language acquisition has traditionally been connected to studies of contrastive analysis (CA) theory, interference, markedness, and error analysis which have a strong theoretical foundation spanning more than three decades. The present collection reviews the notion of language transfer and attempts to broaden its scope from that of a fundamentally psycholinguistic term to include sociolinguistic elements such as language contact and the effects of instruction. The book is relevant to both SLA researchers and teachers of second language. Part 1 opens with a discussion of the theoretical underpinnings of transfer in second language acquisition and presents a corpus of data with which to direct the discussion toward the key concept of lexical competence in a second language. Part 2 examines the role of language contact in building lexical competence. Parts 3 and 4 address the more specific questions of how lexical transfer figures in language processing and what specific strategies are employed by language acquirers as they deal with both negative and positive aspects of transfer. Read the complete review at http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2001.html . |
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