Interlanguage Variation in Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspective

Part I Variation in native speaker speech 1 Variation Theory 2 A study of variation in the native speaker speech community 3 Language Variation and Change Part II Variation in nonnative speaker speech 4 The study of variation in interlanguage 5 The acquisition of English irregular past tense by Chinese-speaking children Part III Variation in theoretical perspective 6 Psychological theories of linguistic variation 7 Cognitive linguistics Part IV Variation in pedagogical perspective 8 Speaking style and monitoring 9 Teaching implications Appendix: Variation and change in color semantics