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interlanguage: a standalone construct

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Second language acquisition

the separate, rule-governed language system a learner builds while moving toward a target language, distinct from both the first and target languages.

In second language acquisition, interlanguage refers to the separate, rule-governed language system a learner builds while moving toward a target language, distinct from both the first and target languages. This meaning comes from Selinker (1972) in IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching.[1]

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fossilization2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs acquisition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs contrastive interlanguage analysis1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Selinker, L. (1972). Interlanguage. IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 10(1-4). https://doi.org/10.1515/iral.1972.10.1-4.209

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