The insignificance of learners' errors: A philosophical investigation of the interlanguage hypothesis

Language and Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-88

  Hamilton, Richard Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitivism; Corder; Fossilisation; Goodman, Paul; Interlanguage; Learner error; S. Pit; Second language learning; Selinker, Larry; Wittgenstein, Ludwig

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348238065     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5309(00)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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