LING 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Diglossia, Universal Grammar, Language Acquisition
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Language acquisition is made possible by innate linguistic principles: Do the data" differ from pld in l2 acquisition? (e. g. , formal teaching vs. naturalist data) The fields of bilingualism and second language acquisition (sla) both deal with speakers who have acquired or are in the process of acquiring more than one language. Much research on bilingualism focuses on the outcomes of acquisition, whereas sla research focuses on the course of acquisition. Research on bilingualism also looks at the course of acquisition (with a presupposition that the outcome is going to be such that the speaker will make considerable use of the second language) Have native-like control of more than one language. Are able to function in more than one language (not necessarily equally well) Use more than one language in their everyday lives. Have communicative skills in more than one language (not necessarily equal) and interact with speakers of one or more languages in a given society.
