Richard J. Towell

List of John Benjamins publications in which Richard J. Towell is involved.

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The Lexicon–Syntax Interface in Second Language Acquisition

Edited by Roeland van Hout, Aafke Hulk, Folkert Kuiken and Richard J. Towell

Second language acquisition has to integrate the totality of the SLA process, which includes both the learning of the core syntax of a language and the learning of the lexical items that have to be incorporated into that syntax. But these two domains involve different kinds of learning. Syntax is… read more

[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 30] 2003. viii, 234 pp.

Towell, Richard J. 2014 Formulaic and proceduralised language in the initial and advanced stages of learning French The Acquisition of French as a Second Language: New developmental perspectives, Lindqvist, Christina and Camilla Bardel (eds.), pp. 95–115 | Article

This chapter is based on the model of SLA presented in Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (Towell & Hawkins 1994). It begins by presenting that view in summarised form. It then looks at four sets of empirical data drawn from two longitudinal multiple case studies and interprets the evidence… read more

Towell, Richard J. 2012 Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency from the perspective of psycholinguistic Second Language Acquisition research Dimensions of L2 Performance and Proficiency: Complexity, Accuracy and Fluency in SLA, Housen, Alex, Folkert Kuiken and Ineke Vedder (eds.), pp. 47–70 | Article

The aim of this chapter, which is written from the perspective of psycholinguistic SLA research, is to establish a possible relationship between representations, processes and mechanisms of second language learning and knowledge as defined from within psycholinguistic SLA on the one hand, and the… read more

Towell, Richard J. 2012 Formulaic and proceduralised language in the initial and advanced stages of learning French The acquisition of French as a second language: New developmental perspectives: L’acquisition du français langue seconde : nouvelles perspectives développementales, Lindqvist, Christina and Camilla Bardel (eds.), pp. 93–113 | Article

This article is based on the model of SLA presented in Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (Towell & Hawkins 1994). It begins by presenting that view in summarised form. It then looks at four sets of empirical data drawn from two longitudinal multiple case studies and interprets the evidence… read more

Towell, Richard J. 2003 1. Introduction: Second language acquisition research in search of an interface The Lexicon–Syntax Interface in Second Language Acquisition, Hout, Roeland van, Aafke Hulk, Folkert Kuiken and Richard J. Towell (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Chapter

Towell, Richard J. 1996 The Growth of Linguistic Knowledge and Language Processing in Undergraduate Learners of French EUROSLA 6: A selection of papers, pp. 175–186 | Article

In this article it is argued first that linguistic knowledge consists of two components, linguistic competence and learned linguistic knowledge, and that these components are created in the mind of the second language learner by different processes. It is further argued that these two kinds of… read more