William Rutherford
Biographic Data
| ID | 5999239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Rutherford |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Rutherford |
| SIGNATURE | RUTHERFORD W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern California |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Child Language Data Exchange System in research on second language acquisition
Grammar and Second Language Teaching
The meaning of grammatical consciousness‐raising
The pros and cons of grammatical consciousness‐raising (C‐R) in pedagogy are still very much a part of current discussion on the proper relations between theories of second‐language acquisition and classroom learning and teaching. While it seems clear from these studies that grammatical C‐R should be given a place in the language‐teaching curriculum, it by no means follows that we have a clear idea of what that role ought to be. There would presu…
Consciousness-raising and Universal Grammar
WILLIAM E. RUTHERFORD, MICHAEL SHARWOOD SMITH; Consciousness-raising and Universal Grammar, Applied Linguistics, Volume 6, Issue 3, 1 January 1985, Pages 2
Description and Explanation in Interlanguage Syntax
The general theme chosen for this approach to interlanguage (IL) syntax "state of the art" is the presumed goal of all IL syntacticians: to find consistency and pattern in syntactic variation. There are two overlapping subsidiary themes as well: those of describing the systematicity in IL syntax and of explaining it.Themes contributing to descriptive approaches include the transition from morphosyntax acquisition studies to those of more complex …
Markedness in Second Language Acquisition1
Second language acquisition research to date has applied markedness concepts largely to L1-L2 transfer, and this work is briefly summarized. Yet there is a neglected potential for such application to ongoing L2 developmental research as well. As an illustration of this, the data from three different studies are reanalyzed in order to show that an otherwise unexplained order of acquisition can be accounted for from a markedness perspective. There …
Modern English
Pragmatic Syntax in the Classroom
The thesis that classroom instruction in the grammatical forms of a language is undesirable, held by some applied linguists, is rejected. On the other hand, it is neither necessary nor desirable to exclude attention to pragmatics. Syntax and pragmatics can work in effective harmony. That the student to use the language to communicate and that the teacher needs to draw attention to certain structures are not irreconcilable facts. What the student …
Readings in Applied Transformational Grammar
Modern English
Some Observations concerning Subordinate Clauses in English
Certain examples of English subordinate clauses are introduced in §1, together with the assumptions and evidence used in claiming that a problem, for which the examples are crucial, does in fact exist. §2 contains a brief description of J. R. Ross’s performative sentence hypothesis. §3 shows how Ross’s schema might be modified in order to account for the special problems posed by reason adverbials. §4 is concerned with the derivation of though cl…
Implications for Esol of Some Recent Linguistic Research
The amount of research emanating from the field of modern linguistics has begun to reach staggering proportions. Moreover, a substantial part of this output is extremely significant for general linguistics as well as potentially quite useful for applied linguistics. Exciting things are happening. Just as a few years ago linguists realized that it made little sense to conduct phonological research independently of syntax, so we have now reached a …
Deep and Surface Structure, and the Language Drill
formational-grammar popularizations all the way to the position set forth by Chomsky at the 1966 Northeast Conference-and thereafter widely misunderstood-that linguistic theory has at the present time nothing to contribute to a language-teaching technology. However, between these twin misconceptions-on the one hand by a number of textbook authors as to the real meaning of transformation, and on the other by a large number of linguistic half-sophi…
Some Observations concerning Subordinate Clauses in English
Certain examples of English subordinate clauses are introduced in §1, together with the assumptions and evidence used in claiming that a problem, for which the examples are crucial, does in fact exist. §2 contains a brief description of J. R. Ross’s performative sentence hypothesis. §3 shows how Ross’s schema might be modified in order to account for the special problems posed by reason adverbials. §4 is concerned with the derivation of though cl…
Markedness in Second Language Acquisition1
Second language acquisition research to date has applied markedness concepts largely to L1-L2 transfer, and this work is briefly summarized. Yet there is a neglected potential for such application to ongoing L2 developmental research as well. As an illustration of this, the data from three different studies are reanalyzed in order to show that an otherwise unexplained order of acquisition can be accounted for from a markedness perspective. There …
Description and Explanation in Interlanguage Syntax
The general theme chosen for this approach to interlanguage (IL) syntax "state of the art" is the presumed goal of all IL syntacticians: to find consistency and pattern in syntactic variation. There are two overlapping subsidiary themes as well: those of describing the systematicity in IL syntax and of explaining it.Themes contributing to descriptive approaches include the transition from morphosyntax acquisition studies to those of more complex …
The Child Language Data Exchange System in research on second language acquisition
Deep and Surface Structure, and the Language Drill
formational-grammar popularizations all the way to the position set forth by Chomsky at the 1966 Northeast Conference-and thereafter widely misunderstood-that linguistic theory has at the present time nothing to contribute to a language-teaching technology. However, between these twin misconceptions-on the one hand by a number of textbook authors as to the real meaning of transformation, and on the other by a large number of linguistic half-sophi…
Deep and Surface Structure, and the Language Drill
formational-grammar popularizations all the way to the position set forth by Chomsky at the 1966 Northeast Conference-and thereafter widely misunderstood-that linguistic theory has at the present time nothing to contribute to a language-teaching technology. However, between these twin misconceptions-on the one hand by a number of textbook authors as to the real meaning of transformation, and on the other by a large number of linguistic half-sophi…
Implications for Esol of Some Recent Linguistic Research
The amount of research emanating from the field of modern linguistics has begun to reach staggering proportions. Moreover, a substantial part of this output is extremely significant for general linguistics as well as potentially quite useful for applied linguistics. Exciting things are happening. Just as a few years ago linguists realized that it made little sense to conduct phonological research independently of syntax, so we have now reached a …
Some Observations concerning Subordinate Clauses in English
Certain examples of English subordinate clauses are introduced in §1, together with the assumptions and evidence used in claiming that a problem, for which the examples are crucial, does in fact exist. §2 contains a brief description of J. R. Ross’s performative sentence hypothesis. §3 shows how Ross’s schema might be modified in order to account for the special problems posed by reason adverbials. §4 is concerned with the derivation of though cl…
Modern English
Readings in Applied Transformational Grammar
Pragmatic Syntax in the Classroom
The thesis that classroom instruction in the grammatical forms of a language is undesirable, held by some applied linguists, is rejected. On the other hand, it is neither necessary nor desirable to exclude attention to pragmatics. Syntax and pragmatics can work in effective harmony. That the student to use the language to communicate and that the teacher needs to draw attention to certain structures are not irreconcilable facts. What the student …
Modern English
Markedness in Second Language Acquisition1
Second language acquisition research to date has applied markedness concepts largely to L1-L2 transfer, and this work is briefly summarized. Yet there is a neglected potential for such application to ongoing L2 developmental research as well. As an illustration of this, the data from three different studies are reanalyzed in order to show that an otherwise unexplained order of acquisition can be accounted for from a markedness perspective. There …
Description and Explanation in Interlanguage Syntax
The general theme chosen for this approach to interlanguage (IL) syntax "state of the art" is the presumed goal of all IL syntacticians: to find consistency and pattern in syntactic variation. There are two overlapping subsidiary themes as well: those of describing the systematicity in IL syntax and of explaining it.Themes contributing to descriptive approaches include the transition from morphosyntax acquisition studies to those of more complex …
Consciousness-raising and Universal Grammar
WILLIAM E. RUTHERFORD, MICHAEL SHARWOOD SMITH; Consciousness-raising and Universal Grammar, Applied Linguistics, Volume 6, Issue 3, 1 January 1985, Pages 2
The meaning of grammatical consciousness‐raising
The pros and cons of grammatical consciousness‐raising (C‐R) in pedagogy are still very much a part of current discussion on the proper relations between theories of second‐language acquisition and classroom learning and teaching. While it seems clear from these studies that grammatical C‐R should be given a place in the language‐teaching curriculum, it by no means follows that we have a clear idea of what that role ought to be. There would presu…
Grammar and Second Language Teaching
The Child Language Data Exchange System in research on second language acquisition
Linguistics (13 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (5 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 works) · Grammar (4 works) · Language Development and Disorders (3 works) · Second-language acquisition (3 works)