Why the SLA of sign languages matters to general SLA research
Gullberg, Marianne LU
(2022)
In Language, Interaction and Acquisition
13(2).
p.231-253
- Abstract
- SLA research is characterised by a striking homogeneity in the linguistic, social and geographical data we draw on. Such empirical homogeneity is a potential threat to the validity and scope of our claims and theories. This paper focuses on a particular gap in our knowledge, namely the SLA of sign languages. It outlines an argument for why the SLA of sign matters to general SLA research in terms of the empirical representativity, generalisability, and validity of our claims. It exemplifies three domains where the study of language acquisition across modalities could shed important light on theoretical issues in mainstream SLA/bilingualism research (e.g., learner varieties, explicit-implicit learning, and crosslinguistic influence), and... (More)
- SLA research is characterised by a striking homogeneity in the linguistic, social and geographical data we draw on. Such empirical homogeneity is a potential threat to the validity and scope of our claims and theories. This paper focuses on a particular gap in our knowledge, namely the SLA of sign languages. It outlines an argument for why the SLA of sign matters to general SLA research in terms of the empirical representativity, generalisability, and validity of our claims. It exemplifies three domains where the study of language acquisition across modalities could shed important light on theoretical issues in mainstream SLA/bilingualism research (e.g., learner varieties, explicit-implicit learning, and crosslinguistic influence), and highlights some methodological challenges involved in such work. (Less)
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- Gullberg, Marianne
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- publishing date
- 2022
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- second language acquision, sign language, linguistic diversity, bilingualism
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- Language, Interaction and Acquisition
- volume
- 13
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 231 - 253
- publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
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- scopus:85153617126
- ISSN
- 1879-7865
- DOI
- 10.1075/lia.22022.gul
- project
- Embodied bilingualism (a Wallenberg Scholar project)
- Breaking into sign language: the role of input and individual differences
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- English
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title = {{Why the SLA of sign languages matters to general SLA research}},
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