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An Implicational Model for Second Language Research

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ID4502588
AuthorsRoger W Andersen (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author)
Year1978
Volume28
Issue2
Pages221-282
Publication date1978-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-1770.1978.tb00134.x
OpenAlexW2129485480
LanguageEN
Citations received26
References cited35

This paper offers a model for dealing with individuals as well as groups, variability as well as systematicity in L2 research. This model consists of a revised version of the Ordering-Theoretic Method (Bart and Krus 1973; Dulay and Burt 1974b) in conjunction with implicational analysis as used in sociolinguistics. After a brief introduction to implicational analysis, I describe and illustrate the model presented here with data on the use of 13 grammatical morphemes in English by 89 Spanish-speaking learners. In the analysis of the data I follow Krashen and his colleagues in separating morphemes into V and NP; free and bound morphemes, as well as DeCamp's (1973:144) view that general implicational scales are '...surface composites resulting from simultaneous operation of simple grammatically-relevant underlying scales.' The conclusions of this study support Krashen's (1977)'Natural Order'for the acquisition of grammatical morphemes, Larsen-Freeman's (1976) work on frequency as an explanation for morpheme orders, and Rosansky's (1976) work on frequency as an explanation for morpheme orders, and Rosansky's (1976a,b) criticism of cross-sectional methodology for failing to deal with individual variation in the data, but rejects Rosansky's claim that her cross-sectional analysis of her data does not agree with the longitudinal analysis of one of her subjects and thus invalidates her strongest argument against cross-sectional methodology

Argument (complex analysis) · Conjunction (astronomy) · Linguistics · Morpheme · Natural language processing · Physics · Theoretical linguistics · Variation (astronomy) · Chemistry · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology

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Citation span1981 - 2026 (46)
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