Metalinguistic Performance and Interlinguistic Competence /

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 metalinguist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Birdsong, David
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1989.
Series:Springer series in language and communication ; 25.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Points of Departure and Points of Contention: The Development of Metalinguistic Ability. Epistemological and Psychological Factors in Metalinguistic Performance. Theoretical Concerns
  • From Metalinguistic Performance to Interlinguistic Competence: Limitations and Potential of Metalinguistic Data in Second-Language Acquisition Theory. Negative Evidence in First- and Second-Language Acquisition. The Known and the Unknown in Metalinguistic Performance
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index.