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Limitations and Potential of Metalinguistic Data in Second-Language Acquisition Theory

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Metalinguistic Performance and Interlinguistic Competence

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Language and Communication ((SSLAN,volume 25))

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In the preceding chapter, we sketched the central yet precarious position of metalinguistic data in developing linguistic theory. In Chapter 4, a similar examination is undertaken, this time with the focus on L2 acquisition theory.

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Birdsong, D. (1989). Limitations and Potential of Metalinguistic Data in Second-Language Acquisition Theory. In: Birdsong, D. (eds) Metalinguistic Performance and Interlinguistic Competence. Springer Series in Language and Communication, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74124-1_5

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