Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1996. Linguistics, Language Acquisition, and Language Variation: Current Trends and Future Prospects

295 Pages·1996·1.45 MB·English

by  James E. Alatis

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title: Linguistics, Language Acquisition, and Language Variation :
Current Trends and Future Prospects Georgetown University
Round Table On Languages and Linguistics (Series) ; 1996
author: Alatis, James E.
publisher: Georgetown University Press
isbn10 | asin: 0878401318
print isbn13: 9780878401314
ebook isbn13: 9780585223292
language: English
subject Linguistics--Congresses, Language and languages--Study and
teaching--Congresses, Language acquisition--Congresses.
publication date: 1996
lcc: P53E38 1996eb
ddc: 301.21
subject: Linguistics--Congresses, Language and languages--Study and
teaching--Congresses, Language acquisition--Congresses.
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Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1996
Linguistics, Language Acquisition, and Language Variation: Current Trends and Future Prospects
James E. Alatis,
Carolyn A. Straehle,
Maggie Ronkin,
and Brent Gallenberger, Editors
Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C.

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Bibliographic notice
Since this series has been variously and confusingly cited as Georgetown University Monograph Series on Languages and
Linguistics, Monograph Series on Languages and Linguistics, Reports of the Annual Round Table Meeting on Linguistics and
Language Study, etc., beginning with the 1973 volume the title of the series was changed.
The new title of the series includes the year of a Round Table and omits both the monograph number and the meeting number,
thus: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1996, with the regular abbreviation GURT '96. Full
bibliographic references should show the form:
Crystal, David. 1996. "Playing with linguistic problems: From Orwell to Plato and back again." In James E. Alatis et al. (eds.),
Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 1996. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press. 529.
Copyright © 1996 by Georgetown University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Catalog Number: ISBN 0-87840-131-8 ISSN 0186-7207

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This volume is dedicated to Earl W. Stevick, Ph.D.,
Pioneer in the field of language teaching.

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Contents
Introduction to the volume
James E. Alatis, Carolyn A. Straehle, Maggie Ronkin, and Brent
Gallenberger, Georgetown University 12
Opening and dedication
Dedication of Round Table Proceedings to Earl W. Stevick
James E. Alatis, Georgetown University 34
Playing with linguistic problems: From Orwell to Plato and back
again
David Crystal, University of Wales, Bangor 529
Language acquisition: Politics and policies
Language development in two-way immersion: Trends and prospects
Donna Christian, Center for Applied Linguistics 3042
Foreign-language teaching after the year 2000
Reinhold Freudenstein, Philipps-Universität, Marburg 4354
The case against bilingual education
Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California 5569
Developing intercultural competence through foreign-language
instruction: Challenges and choices
Ross Steele, University of Syndey, Australia and the National
Foreign Language Center, Washington, D.C. 7083

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Language acquisition: Learning and the learner
Constructions of the learner in second language acquisition
research
Michael Breen, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia 84107
The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA):
Theoretical framework and instructional applications
Anna Uhl Chamot, The George Washington University 108115
The effect of participation structure on second-language
acquisition and retention of content
Mary Ann Christison, Snow College 116125
Grammaticality judgment tasks and second-language development
Ronald P. Leow, Georgetown University 126139
Second-language speech/pronunciation: Acquisition, instruction,
standards, variation, and accent
Joan Morley, University of Michigan 140160
From communicative competence through bilingualism to
metalinguistic development: Some theoretical pointers and
research perspectives
Renzo Titone, University of Rome, Italy and University of Toronto,
Canada 161177
Language variation
Culture, variation, and languages of wider communication: The
paradigm gap
Yamuna Kachru, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 178195
Variation and the Mesolect in Jamaican Creole
Peter Patrick, Georgetown University 196220
Poisoning pidgins in the park: The study and status of Hawaiian
Creole
Theodore Rodgers, University of Hawaii and Bilkent University,
Ankara, Turkey 221235

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The problem of variation in SLA theory and research
Cristina Sanz, Georgetown University 236251
Endangered dialects: Sociolinguistic opportunity and obligation
Walt Wolfram, North Carolina State University 252269
Linguistics and teacher education
Beyond consciousness raising: Re-examining the role of
linguistics in language teacher training
Andrea Tyler and Donna Lardiere, Georgetown University 270287

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Introduction to the Volume
James E. Alatis, Chair, GURT '96
Carolyn A. Straehle, Coordinator, GURT '96
Maggie Ronkin, GURT Associate
and Brent Gallenberger, GURT Associate
This volume contains the published version of papers from the 1996 Georgetown University Round Table on Language and
Linguistics, also known as the Round Table, or GURT, for short. The theme of the 1996 conference, held March 14 through
March 16, 1996, was "Linguistics, language acquisition, and language variation: Current trends and future prospects."
The 1996 conference, which was the forty-seventh annual Round Table, was sponsored by Georgetown University's Center for
International Language Programs and Research. Each year, the Round Table brings together college and university professors,
program administrators, researchers, Government professional staff, elementary- and secondary-school teachers, authors, and
students of languages and linguistics. Scholars and students from the United States and other countriesAustralia, Germany, Italy
and Japan, to name a fewgathered to listen, discuss, and learn from one another.
The conference was opened by the Chair, James E. Alatis, the evening of Thursday, March 14. Dr. Alatis dedicated the
proceedings of the 1996 Round Table to Earl W. Stevick, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Foreign Service Institute, a
pioneer in the field of language teaching. In recognition of his distinguished achievements in the field of linguistics and faithful
friendship to the Round Table Conference, Dr. Stevick was awarded a distinguished achievement medal. The podium was then
turned over to David Crystal, from the University of Wales, Bangor, who delivered the opening plenary address. The dedication
to Earl Stevick and the plenary by David Crystal form the first section of this volume.
The rest of the conference featured seventeen other speakers in two full days of plenary sessions; an all-day, preconference
tutorial by Stephen Krashen preceded the main conference. The broad theme of the 1996 Round Table conference allowed
presenters the opportunity to examine language education and teacher education from a wide variety of perspectives. The articles
in this volume are grouped into sections according to shared themes or approaches; within sections, they are organized
alphabetically by the authors' last names.
A majority of the papers consider issues in second-language acquisition. The papers in "Language acquisition: Politics and
policies" concentrate on the larger

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social and societal context in which language learning and acquisition occur. Among the topics highlighted is the current, often
controversial, discourse on bilingual and multilingual education. In "Language acquisition: Learning and the learner," the articles
deal more specifically with the roles of learners and instructors in language acquisition and learning.
In the section on "Language variation" are several contributions that examine language variation in creoles, endangered dialects,
and languages of wider communication. This group of studies also addresses the implications of language variation on second-
language-acquisition research and for language and community education.
Rounding out the volume is the section on "Linguistics and teacher education." The article in this section builds on the
discussion of issues raised in earlier Round Table volumes, including the past, present, and future role of linguistics in language
pedagogy. The closing and opening articles of this volume complement each other well, and to a great extent encapsulate the
spirit of the 1996 conference.
In closing, we the editors wish to thank the other members of the Round Table staff who were instrumental in the organization
of the conference: Wirote Aroonmanakun, Sarah Fearnow, Stefan Kaufmann, Hyouk-Keun Kim, and C. Ping Wei.

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