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All of the Above

A Short Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Roger W. Andersen
Roger W. Andersen
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University of California, Los Angeles
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Universals—everybody wants them! After all, explanation is superior to description in science, or so they say, and something called universals stands a good chance of providing a principled explanation for observable linguistic phenomena, whether cross-linguistically valid generalizations about properties of language, about linguistic performance, or about first or second language acquisition. For some time, generative theoreticians have had a de facto patent on universals as they apply to language and its use and acquisition, with Greenbergian linguistic typologists as well as functionalists and psycholinguists of various persuasions in close competition. A special issue on universals and second language acquisition must pay serious attention to the case for universals as they might apply to second language acquisition (SLA) within each of these traditions. It is for this reason that this issue includes as many different representative perspectives as is possible, given the limitations of space.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 1990 , pp. 119 - 120
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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