interlanguage
Transitional linguistic system
Interlanguage is the linguistic system a person develops while learning a second language—neither their native tongue nor the target language, but something in between.
It has its own consistent patterns and rules, even if those differ from both languages.
Learners move through stages of interlanguage as they progress toward fluency: Her interlanguage showed Spanish influence in word order.
Unwelcome involvement in affairs
- transferMove between locations
- overgeneralizationUnwarranted broad application
- fossilizationOrganic remains becoming mineral
- backslidingReverting to former sins
variability · simplification · avoidance · approximation · paraphrase · circumlocution
Alternating between linguistic varieties
Skilled performance level
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- inputData received for processing
- outputWhat something generates
fossilization · fluency · feedback · uptake · scaffolding · noticing · intake · automaticity
Formation of contact languages
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
- expansionIncrease in scope
Sea Islands creole language
- creolizationPidgin maturing into mother tongue
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
Allowing substances through
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- variableProne to fluctuation
- continuumUninterrupted, gradual sequence
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
interference
Unwelcome involvement in affairs
- transferMove between locations
- overgeneralizationUnwarranted broad application
- fossilizationOrganic remains becoming mineral
backsliding · variability · simplification · avoidance · approximation · paraphrase · circumlocution
code-switching
Alternating between linguistic varieties
proficiency
Skilled performance level
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- inputData received for processing
output · fossilization · fluency · feedback · uptake · scaffolding · noticing · intake · automaticity · restructuring
pidginization
Formation of contact languages
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
Gullah
Sea Islands creole language
- creolizationPidgin maturing into mother tongue
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
permeable
Allowing substances through
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- variableProne to fluctuation
- continuumUninterrupted, gradual sequence
interlanguagenative language
First-acquired mode of speech
target language · L1 · first language · mother tongue · native fluency