LOOKING AT INTERLANGUAGE DATA
Susan M. Gass, Jennifer Behney, Luke Plonsky, Susan M. Gass, Larry Selinker · 2001
A central part of understanding the field of SLA is gained by hands-on experience in data analysis and data interpretation. This experience can be efficiently achieved with carefully organized data sets: that is, data gleaned from attested interlanguage forms but carefully organized to demonstrate particular structural points. It is the goal of this section to present several data sets and to provide a map through interlanguage analysis in a step-by-step fashion. We hope that this will lead to the reader’s being able to understand and possibly challenge the logic and argumentation of each step.