Avoidance Defined: The Psychology of Linguistic Determinism and the Ontology of Cognitive Predeterminism. CLCS Occasional Paper No. 52.

Autor/in	El-Marzouk, Ghiath
Institution	Trinity Coll., Dublin (Ireland). Centre for Language and Communication Studies.
Titel	Avoidance Defined: The Psychology of Linguistic Determinism and the Ontology of Cognitive Predeterminism. CLCS Occasional Paper No. 52.
Quelle	(1998), (78 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	0332-3889
Schlagwörter	Arabic; Cognitive Processes; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Grammar; Language Patterns; Language Processing; Language Research; Language Usage; Linguistic Theory; Psycholinguistics; Second Language Learning; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Verbs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Grammatik; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Sprachverarbeitung; Sprachforschung; Sprachgebrauch; Linguistische Theorie; Psycholinguistik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Minderheitensprache
Abstract	This study investigated whether "avoidance" is an appropriate term to describe the linguistic behavior in which the learner with a particular first-language (L1) background tries to underproduce or underrepresent a particular second-language (L2) structure. The first section seeks to establish the general psycholinguistic principle that determines avoidance in the process of L2 acquisition, particularly within behaviorist and cognitive psychology. The second section looks in more depth at the ontological dimension of cognition that predetermines this general psycholinguistic principle. The final section is an extensive critical survey of an "avoidance classic," namely H. Kleinmann's account of the passive construction in the case of Arabic-speaking learners of English and some of J. Schachter's speculative conclusions. (Contains 51 references.) (MSE)
Anmerkungen	The Secretary, Centre for Language and Communication Studies, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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