This volume, as a sequel to Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition by Han (2004), brings together a collection of most recent theoretical and empirical studies on fossilization, a classic problem of second language acquisition. It covers a wide range of perspectives and issues. The analyses discussed herein address key concerns of many second language researchers and teachers with regard to just how far anyone can go in learning a new language.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments
Contributors
1. Zhao Hong Han and Terence Odlin: Introduction
2. Constancio K. Nakuma: Researching Fossilization and Second Language (L2) Attrition: Easy Questions, Difficult Answers
3. Donna Lardiere: Establishing Ultimate Attainment in a Particular Second Language Grammar
4. Zhao Hong Han: Fossilization: Can Grammaticality Judgment Be a Reliable Source of Evidence?
5. Terence Odlin, Rosa Alonso Alonso and Cristina Alonso-Vázquez: Fossilization in L2 and L3
6. Usha Lakshmanan: Child Second Language Acquisition and the Fossilization Puzzle
7. Brian Mac Whinney: Emergent Fossilization
8. Elaine Tarone: Fossilization, Social Context and Language Play
9. David Birdsong: Why Not Fossilization
10. Diane Larsen-Freeman: Second Language Acquisition and the Issue of Fossilization: There Is No End, and There Is No State
Larry Selinker: Afterword: Fossilization ‘or’ Does Your Mind Mind?
Index
About the author
Terence Odlin is an emeritus faculty member of Ohio State University, USA. He continues to pursue his long-standing interest in language transfer, including relevant aspects of translation theory. He is the author of numerous publications on the subject, including New Perspectives on Transfer in Second Language Learning (co-edited with Liming Yu, 2016, Multilingual Matters).
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