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Metalinguistic Performance and Interlinguistic Competence

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. David Birdsong

    1. Department of Romance Languages and Program in Linguistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Language and Communication (SSLAN, volume 25)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • David Birdsong
      Pages 1-9

  3. Points of Departure and Points of Contention

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Development of Metalinguistic Ability

      • David Birdsong
      Pages 13-47

    3. Epistemological and Psychological Factors in Metalinguistic Performance

      • David Birdsong
      Pages 49-69

    4. Theoretical Concerns

      • David Birdsong
      Pages 71-82

  4. From Metalinguistic Performance to Interlinguistic Competence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Limitations and Potential of Metalinguistic Data in Second-Language Acquisition Theory

      • David Birdsong
      Pages 85-125

    3. Negative Evidence in First- and Second-Language Acquisition

      • David Birdsong
      Pages 127-190

    4. The Known and the Unknown in L2 Metalinguistic Performance

      • David Birdsong
      Pages 191-209

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 211-246
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Keywords

About this book

It is often assumed that metalinguistic performance (e.g., detection of ambiguity, judgments of grammaticality) straightforwardly reflects linguistic knowledge. The inadequacies of such an assumption are explored in this volume, which documents the subtleties of the relationship between metalinguistic performance and knowledge of a second language (interlinguistic competence) from the perspectives of language acquisition theory and cognitive and developmental psychology. This thorough and up-to-date examination of metalinguistic phenomena offers insight to those involved in designing elicitation materials, analyzing and interpreting metalinguistic performance data, and applying such evidence to descriptions of interlanguage grammars and to second-language acquisition theory. The book also contributes constructively to the current debate concerning the role of metalinguistic variables in second-language acquisition, that is, how they ultimately affect success or failure in learning a second language.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Romance Languages and Program in Linguistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    David Birdsong

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Metalinguistic Performance and Interlinguistic Competence

  • Editors: David Birdsong

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Language and Communication

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74124-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-74126-5Published: 16 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-74124-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-620X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 246

  • Topics: Psychology, general

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