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<DOCINFOAUTHOR""TITLE"TheoryConstructioninSecondLanguageAcquisition"SUBJECT"LanguageLearningandLanguageTeaching,Volume8"KEYWORDS""SIZEHEIGHT"220"WIDTH"150"VOFFSET"4"> TheoryConstructioninSecondLanguageAcquisition LanguageLearningandLanguageTeaching TheLL&LTmonographseriespublishesmonographsaswellaseditedvolumes on applied and methodological issues in the field of language pedagogy. The focusoftheseriesisonsubjectssuchasclassroomdiscourseandinteraction; languagediversityineducationalsettings;bilingualeducation;languagetesting andlanguageassessment;teachingmethodsandteachingperformance;learning trajectories in second language acquisition; and written language learning in educationalsettings. Serieseditors BirgitHarley OntarioInstituteforStudiesinEducation,UniversityofToronto JanH.Hulstijn DepartmentofSecondLanguageAcquisition,UniversityofAmsterdam Volume8 TheoryConstructioninSecondLanguageAcquisition byGeoffJordan Theory Construction in Second Language Acquisition Geoff Jordan JohnBenjaminsPublishingCompany Amsterdam(cid:1)/(cid:1)Philadelphia TM Thepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirements 8 ofAmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciences–Permanence ofPaperforPrintedLibraryMaterials,ansiz39.48-1984. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Jordan,Geoff Theoryconstructioninsecondlanguageacquisition / GeoffJordan. p. cm.(LanguageLearningandLanguageTeaching,issn1569–9471 ;v.8) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindexes. 1.Secondlanguageacquisition--Philosophy P118.2 J67 2004 418-dc21 2003070868 isbn902721705X(Eur.)/1588114813(US)(Hb;alk.paper) isbn9027217068(Eur.)/1588114821(US)(Pb;alk.paper) ©2004–JohnBenjaminsB.V. Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyform,byprint,photoprint,microfilm,or anyothermeans,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. JohnBenjaminsPublishingCo.·P.O.Box36224·1020meAmsterdam·TheNetherlands JohnBenjaminsNorthAmerica·P.O.Box27519·Philadelphiapa19118-0519·usa ToJudy <TARGET"toc"DOCINFOAUTHOR""TITLE"Tableofcontents"SUBJECT"LanguageLearningandLanguageTeaching,Volume8"KEYWORDS""SIZEHEIGHT"220"WIDTH"150"VOFFSET"4"> Table of contents Acknowledgements xiii Abstract xv TheGuidelines(Abridged) xvii Part1 Somefundamentalissuesconcerningtheconstructionandassessment oftheoriesofSLA 1 Chapter1 KeytermsandcurrentproblemsinSLA 5 1.1 SLATheory:Keyterms(cid:2)5 1.1.1 Phenomena(cid:2)5 1.1.2 Language(cid:2)5 1.1.2.1 Chomsky’sLinguisticCompetence(cid:2)6 1.1.2.2 Halliday:“Languageassocialsemiotic”(cid:2)6 1.1.2.3 Bachman’sCommunicativeLanguageAbility Framework(cid:2)7 1.1.3 Acquisition(cid:2)10 1.1.4 Explanation(cid:2)11 1.2 ProblemsconfrontingcurrenttheoriesofSLA(cid:2)12 1.2.1 Proliferation(cid:2)12 1.2.2 Objectives(cid:2)14 1.2.3 ThedomainofSLA(cid:2)15 1.2.4 Contradictions(cid:2)16 1.3 Conclusion(cid:2)17 viii Tableofcontents Chapter2 Researchmethodology:Rationalismanditscritics 19 2.1 Introduction(cid:2)19 2.2 RationalistsandEmpiricists(cid:2)19 2.3 Positivists(cid:2)27 2.4 Popper(cid:2)29 2.5 ProblemswiththeFalsifiabilityCriterion(cid:2)33 2.6 Kuhn(cid:2)37 2.7 Feyerabend(cid:2)40 2.8 Lakatos(cid:2)41 2.9 Laudan(cid:2)43 2.10 Conclusion(cid:2)46 Chapter3 Recentrelativists 51 3.1 Introduction(cid:2)51 3.2 Thesociologyofscience(cid:2)51 3.3 Postmodernism(cid:2)54 3.3.1 Derrida(cid:2)57 3.3.2 Foucault(cid:2)61 3.3.3 Conclusion(cid:2)63 3.4 Constructivism(cid:2)64 Chapter4 Indefenceofrationalism 69 4.1 Introduction(cid:2)69 4.2 Againstrelativism(cid:2)69 4.2.1 Thereisnoone“scientificmethod”(cid:2)69 4.2.2 Underdetermination(cid:2)71 4.2.3 KuhnandFeyerabend(cid:2)72 4.2.4 Postmodernistsandconstructivists(cid:2)77 4.3 Therationalistcase(cid:2)81 4.3.1 Criticalrationalism(cid:2)82 4.3.2 Observingarealworld(cid:2)83 4.3.3 Thepracticeofscience(cid:2)84 Tableofcontents ix Chapter5 TheconstructionandassessmentoftheoriesofSLA 87 5.1 ScienceandSLA(cid:2)87 5.2 Phenomenaanddata(cid:2)90 5.3 Explanation(cid:2)91 5.4 Theoryassessment(cid:2)95 5.5 FourviewsonconstructingandassessingtheoriesofSLA(cid:2)97 5.5.1 Therelativistapproach(cid:2)97 5.5.1.1 Discussion(cid:2)99 5.5.2 Strictlyscience(cid:2)101 5.5.2.1 Discussion(cid:2)107 5.5.3 Theorytypesandtheoryassessment(cid:2)110 5.5.4 GeneralrationalrequirementsforatheoryofSLA(cid:2)112 5.6 Guidelinesforacriticalrationalistapproachtowardstheory constructioninSLA(cid:2)114 5.6.1 Preamble(cid:2)114 5.6.2 Theguidelines(cid:2)115 5.7 Conclusion(cid:2)118 Part2 Acriticalrationalistreviewofsomehypotheses,models andtheoriesofSLA 121 Chapter6 Chomsky 123 6.1 Introduction(cid:2)123 6.2 Chomsky’sGenerativeGrammar(cid:2)123 6.3 Chomsky’stheoryofUG:Principlesandparameters(cid:2)128 6.4 TheMinimalistProgram(cid:2)133 6.5 Internalism(cid:2)137 6.6 UGremainstherelevanttheory(cid:2)138 6.7 Chomsky’scritics(cid:2)139 6.7.1 JeanPiaget(cid:2)140 6.7.2 GeoffreySampson(cid:2)141 6.7.3 ElizabethBates(cid:2)147 6.8 Conclusion(cid:2)149

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<DOCINFOAUTHOR""TITLE"TheoryConstructioninSecondLanguageAcquisition"SUBJECT"LanguageLearningandLanguageTeaching,Volume8"KEYWORDS""SIZEHEIGHT"220"WIDTH"150"VOFFSET"4"> TheoryConstructioninSecondLanguageAcquisition LanguageLearningandLanguageTeaching TheLL&LTmonographseriespublishesmonographsaswellaseditedvolumes on applied and methodological issues in the field of language pedagogy. The focusoftheseriesisonsubjectssuchasclassroomdiscourseandinteraction; languagediversityineducationalsettings;bilingualeducation;languagetesting andlanguageassessment;teachingmethodsandteachingperformance;learning trajectories in second language acquisition; and written language learning in educationalsettings. Serieseditors BirgitHarley OntarioInstituteforStudiesinEducation,UniversityofToronto JanH.Hulstijn DepartmentofSecondLanguageAcquisition,UniversityofAmsterdam Volume8 TheoryConstructioninSecondLanguageAcquisition byGeoffJordan Theory Construction in Second Language Acquisition Geoff Jordan JohnBenjaminsPublishingCompany Amsterdam(cid:1)/(cid:1)Philadelphia TM Thepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirements 8 ofAmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciences–Permanence ofPaperforPrintedLibraryMaterials,ansiz39.48-1984. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Jordan,Geoff Theoryconstructioninsecondlanguageacquisition / GeoffJordan. p. cm.(LanguageLearningandLanguageTeaching,issn1569–9471 ;v.8) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindexes. 1.Secondlanguageacquisition--Philosophy P118.2 J67 2004 418-dc21 2003070868 isbn902721705X(Eur.)/1588114813(US)(Hb;alk.paper) isbn9027217068(Eur.)/1588114821(US)(Pb;alk.paper) ©2004–JohnBenjaminsB.V. Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyform,byprint,photoprint,microfilm,or anyothermeans,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. JohnBenjaminsPublishingCo.·P.O.Box36224·1020meAmsterdam·TheNetherlands JohnBenjaminsNorthAmerica·P.O.Box27519·Philadelphiapa19118-0519·usa ToJudy <TARGET"toc"DOCINFOAUTHOR""TITLE"Tableofcontents"SUBJECT"LanguageLearningandLanguageTeaching,Volume8"KEYWORDS""SIZEHEIGHT"220"WIDTH"150"VOFFSET"4"> Table of contents Acknowledgements xiii Abstract xv TheGuidelines(Abridged) xvii Part1 Somefundamentalissuesconcerningtheconstructionandassessment oftheoriesofSLA 1 Chapter1 KeytermsandcurrentproblemsinSLA 5 1.1 SLATheory:Keyterms(cid:2)5 1.1.1 Phenomena(cid:2)5 1.1.2 Language(cid:2)5 1.1.2.1 Chomsky’sLinguisticCompetence(cid:2)6 1.1.2.2 Halliday:“Languageassocialsemiotic”(cid:2)6 1.1.2.3 Bachman’sCommunicativeLanguageAbility Framework(cid:2)7 1.1.3 Acquisition(cid:2)10 1.1.4 Explanation(cid:2)11 1.2 ProblemsconfrontingcurrenttheoriesofSLA(cid:2)12 1.2.1 Proliferation(cid:2)12 1.2.2 Objectives(cid:2)14 1.2.3 ThedomainofSLA(cid:2)15 1.2.4 Contradictions(cid:2)16 1.3 Conclusion(cid:2)17 viii Tableofcontents Chapter2 Researchmethodology:Rationalismanditscritics 19 2.1 Introduction(cid:2)19 2.2 RationalistsandEmpiricists(cid:2)19 2.3 Positivists(cid:2)27 2.4 Popper(cid:2)29 2.5 ProblemswiththeFalsifiabilityCriterion(cid:2)33 2.6 Kuhn(cid:2)37 2.7 Feyerabend(cid:2)40 2.8 Lakatos(cid:2)41 2.9 Laudan(cid:2)43 2.10 Conclusion(cid:2)46 Chapter3 Recentrelativists 51 3.1 Introduction(cid:2)51 3.2 Thesociologyofscience(cid:2)51 3.3 Postmodernism(cid:2)54 3.3.1 Derrida(cid:2)57 3.3.2 Foucault(cid:2)61 3.3.3 Conclusion(cid:2)63 3.4 Constructivism(cid:2)64 Chapter4 Indefenceofrationalism 69 4.1 Introduction(cid:2)69 4.2 Againstrelativism(cid:2)69 4.2.1 Thereisnoone“scientificmethod”(cid:2)69 4.2.2 Underdetermination(cid:2)71 4.2.3 KuhnandFeyerabend(cid:2)72 4.2.4 Postmodernistsandconstructivists(cid:2)77 4.3 Therationalistcase(cid:2)81 4.3.1 Criticalrationalism(cid:2)82 4.3.2 Observingarealworld(cid:2)83 4.3.3 Thepracticeofscience(cid:2)84 Tableofcontents ix Chapter5 TheconstructionandassessmentoftheoriesofSLA 87 5.1 ScienceandSLA(cid:2)87 5.2 Phenomenaanddata(cid:2)90 5.3 Explanation(cid:2)91 5.4 Theoryassessment(cid:2)95 5.5 FourviewsonconstructingandassessingtheoriesofSLA(cid:2)97 5.5.1 Therelativistapproach(cid:2)97 5.5.1.1 Discussion(cid:2)99 5.5.2 Strictlyscience(cid:2)101 5.5.2.1 Discussion(cid:2)107 5.5.3 Theorytypesandtheoryassessment(cid:2)110 5.5.4 GeneralrationalrequirementsforatheoryofSLA(cid:2)112 5.6 Guidelinesforacriticalrationalistapproachtowardstheory constructioninSLA(cid:2)114 5.6.1 Preamble(cid:2)114 5.6.2 Theguidelines(cid:2)115 5.7 Conclusion(cid:2)118 Part2 Acriticalrationalistreviewofsomehypotheses,models andtheoriesofSLA 121 Chapter6 Chomsky 123 6.1 Introduction(cid:2)123 6.2 Chomsky’sGenerativeGrammar(cid:2)123 6.3 Chomsky’stheoryofUG:Principlesandparameters(cid:2)128 6.4 TheMinimalistProgram(cid:2)133 6.5 Internalism(cid:2)137 6.6 UGremainstherelevanttheory(cid:2)138 6.7 Chomsky’scritics(cid:2)139 6.7.1 JeanPiaget(cid:2)140 6.7.2 GeoffreySampson(cid:2)141 6.7.3 ElizabethBates(cid:2)147 6.8 Conclusion(cid:2)149

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