Second Language Acquisition Terms and Patterns

1. Multi Model: attempt to explain developmental patterns by means of a set increasingly more complex cognitive processing operations.
2. Fossilization: Level of a language is stuck despite being an object of its exposure different from attrition because you don't lose knowledge.
3. Interlanguage: systematic linguistic behavior of L2 learners, a system that is independent of the L1 learner's TL and autonomous.
4. Cross-sectional methodology
5. Global comprehension
6. Mental lexicon: lexicon of any language that we carry around in our heads- individual mental network of words & concepts.
7. Cross-linguistic influence: different ways in which one language can affect another with an individual speaker.
8. Avoidance: trying to replace certain grammatical constructions or semantical concepts that you don't know.
9. Mitigation: act of lessening the intensity of a repeat, an opinion etc, usually adding a request and more polite construction.
10. Atomistic Lexical Learning: Deliberate memorization of words, it's an intentional learning.
11. Interlanguage pragmatics: is the study of how L2 learners acquire this aspect of language. For example, how learners express speech acts in relation to their proficiency level on L1.
12. Negation: Second language learners from different L1 backgrounds behave somewhat differently within those stages. PS: NO is preferred by most learners because it is the negative easiest to hear and recognize.

ST1- negative element "no - not" typically places before the verb or the element negated. e.g Not my sister - no book.

ST2- no - not alternate with DONT but no marked with person, # or tense e.g He don't sing - I don't like it

ST3- begin to place - after aux verbs like are, is and can but DONT is not analyzed at all. e.g- He doesn't like soup - I cannot go

ST4- do now is marked by tense, person and # on both aux and verb. interlanguage sentences appear to be just like on the TL. e.g- it doesn't work.

Questions 1

ST1- single words or sentence fragments. e.g- Cat? - 5 flowers?

ST2- Declarative word order, no inversion, no front (rising intonation yes/no Q) e.g The girls throw the ball.

ST3- Fronting- do-wh without inversion other fronting. e.g Do you... Where the cat... Is the dog...

ST4- Inversion wh + copula yes/no Q with other aux. e.g Where is the moon?

ST5- Inversion wh Q with 2 aux and main verb. e.g what is the boy doing?

ST6-ComplexQ: Qtag- negative Q and embedded Q