Researching Acquisition Sequences
Idealization and De-idealization in SLA
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4951802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rod Ellis (0000-0003-0131-1743, University of Auckland and Shanghai International Studies University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 181-209 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lang.12089 |
| OpenAlex | W1547906914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 47 |
| References cited | 45 |
Idealization plays a fundamental role in scientific inquiry. This article examines the case for maintaining the claim that the second language acquisition (SLA) of grammatical structures such as negation manifests identifiable stages of acquisition. It proposes that, while research has demonstrated the need for de-idealization, there is no need to abandon the idealization itself. Drawing on work on idealization in the philosophy of science, it argues that the sequence of acquisition should be seen as a minimal idealization that is of continuing value for the domains of both SLA and, in particular, teacher education. This thesis is explored by examining four studies of second language negation that investigated the same data set. These studies afford important insights about the variability evident in the different stages and, as such, identify the limitations of the idealization but do not justify its rejection. The article concludes with a discussion of other factors (e.g., the first language and the role of instruction), the investigation of which may reveal further limitations and thus contribute further to the de-idealization of the fundamental claim
Epistemology · Idealization · Linguistics · Negation · Philosophy of science · Physics · Second-language acquisition · Set (abstract data type) · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Science Education and Pedagogy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Negation and Opposition
Expletive Negation
Negation and First Language Acquisition
Quantitative Studies of the Use of Negative (Dependent) Expressions
Intervention Effects with Negation
Negation and Alternatives
The Typology of Negation
Negation in L2 Acquisition and Beyond
Negation and the Brain
Negation and Constituent Ordering
The Expression of Negation in Sign Languages
The Possible Positioning of Negation
Form and Function of Negative, Tag, and Rhetorical Questions
The Neurology of Negation
Negative Fragment Answers
Metalinguistic Negation
Negative Quantifiers
Evolutionary Precursors of Negation in Non-Human Reasoning
Modals and Negation
Understanding Negation
Negation in Non-Standard Varieties
Evolution of Negative Dependencies
Negation and Presupposition
Negation, Prosody, and Gesture
Calculating the Scope of Negation
Neg-raising
Negative Polarity Illusions
Affixal Negation
The Morpho-Syntactic Nature of the Negative Marker
Individual Differences in Processing of Negative Operators
Double Negation Readings
Negative Concord and the Nature of Negative Concord Items
The Negative Cycle and Beyond
Types of Negation
Negation in Event Semantics
The Neurobiology of Lexical and Sentential Negation
Negative Predicates
Negative Polarity Items
The Role of Pragmatics in Negation Change
Cognitive Precursors of Negation in Preverbal Infants
Minimizers and Maximizers as Different Types of Polarity Items
Denial
The Oxford Handbook of Negation
Which Factors Determine the Choice of Referential Expressions in L2 English Discourse
Variability and Variation in Second Language Acquisition Orders
Processing Determinism
An Outline of Processability Theory and Its Relationship to Other Approaches to SLA
Classroom second language development
Language Processing and Second Language Development
Alternative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
A Dynamic Approach to Second Language Development
A First Language
Interlanguage
Acquisition of English Grammatical Morphology by Native Mandarin-Speaking Children and Adolescents
The Significance of Learner's Errors
On determining developmental stages in natural second language acquisition
Three Kinds of Idealization
On the Variability of Interlanguage Systems
Sources of Variability in Interlanguage
Some Problems with Falsification
Learning a Second Language
The Least a Second Language Acquisition Theory Needs to Explain
Idealisation, naturalism, and rationality
Natural or Artificial
Primer in Theory Construction
A Dynamic Systems Theory approach to second language acquisition
The Basic Variety (or)
Mind, Language, and Epistemology
Frequency Effects in Language Processing
Should We Teach Children Syntax
Methods and Morphemes in Second Language Acquisition Research1
Stability and Change in One Adult's Second Language English Negation
A Case Study of a Japanese Child Learning English as a Second Language1,2
The Effect of Formal Instruction on Second Language Acquisition1
Processing Determinism
What Counts as a Developmental Sequence? Exemplar-Based L2 Learning of English Questions
An Outline of Processability Theory and Its Relationship to Other Approaches to SLA
Is There a "Natural Sequence" in Adult Second Language Learning
L2 Negation Constructions at Work
Art and Science in Second Language Acquisition Research
The Comparative Fallacy in Interlanguage Studies
The Pidginization Process
| Unique citing works | 47 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 47 |