Markedness and permeability in interlanguage systems
Juana M. Liceras · 1981
The purpose of this paper is to propose that the grammar of inter language systems (ILs) should account for the relationship that exists between markedness and permeability. ILs are permeated by the native language (L1) and the target language (L2) rules, and may also be permeated by the rules of other systems (Ln). Given that IL permeability varies depending on the different syntactic processes, I suggest that there may be a relationship between the processes to which ILs are permeable and the markedness of these processes. It is shown that investigation of that relationship may contribute to the construction of a theoretical model of the grammar of ILs.