Key Terms In Second Language Acquisition

Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition Key Terms series The Key Terms series offers students clear, concise and accessible introductions to core topics. Each book includes a comprehensive overview of the key terms, concepts, thinkers and texts in the area covered and ends with a guide to further resources. Titles available in the series: Key Terms in Linguistics Howard Jackson Key Terms in Pragmatics Nicholas Allott Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition Bill VanPatten and Alessandro G. Benati Key Terms in Semiotics Bronwen Martin and Felizitas Ringham Key Terms in Syntax and Syntactic Theory Silvia Luraghi and Claudia Parodi Key Terms in Systemic Functional Linguistics Christian Matthiessen, Kazuhiro Teruya and Marvin Lam Key Terms in Translation Studies Giuseppe Palumbo Forthcoming titles: Key Terms in Discourse Analysis Paul Baker and Sibonile Ellece Key Terms in Semantics M. Lynne Murphy and Anu Koskela Key Terms in Stylistics Nina Nørgaard, Rocío Montoro and Beatrix Busse Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition Bill VanPatten and Alessandro G. Benati Continuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building 80 Maiden Lane 11 York Road Suite 704 London SE1 7NX New York NY 10038 © Bill VanPatten and Alessandro G. Benati 2010 Bill VanPatten and Alessandro G. Benati have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the Authors of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 978-0-8264-9914-1 (hardback) 978-0-8264-9915-8 (paperback) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great Britain by the MPG Books Group To Janizona My Name Is Murphy, Too —BVP To Orazio Benati and Anna Maria Ferrari —AB This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments viii Introduction 1 Key Issues in Second Language Acquisition 9 Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition 58 Key Readings 168 Acknowledgments We would like to thank the many folks at Continuum for their help in the preparation of this book. Our special thanks go to Gurdeep Mattu, Colleen Coalter, and P. Muralidharan. In addition, we would like to thank our colleague, Wynne Wong, who read portions of the manuscript and offered feedback and suggestions. To be sure, we do not hold her or anyone else responsible for any omissions or errors contained in this book. Thanks are also due to Laura Bartlett, Kelly Campbell, Stephanie Eckroth, and Jake Ricafrente, who did some excellent proofing at a critical stage of the book’s development. Finally, we would like to thank our families and friends who put up with our hectic work and writing schedules. In a world that