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Larry Selinker’s seminal 1972 article, "Interlanguage," redefined second language acquisition by proposing that learners develop a unique, rule-governed linguistic system situated between their native and target languages. This framework, which identified five psycholinguistic processes driving acquisition and introduced the concept of "fossilization," shifted pedagogical focus from error correction to understanding the learner's internal logic.

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Selinker, L., Interlanguage , Iral; Internation... May 2026

Larry Selinker’s seminal 1972 article, "Interlanguage," redefined second language acquisition by proposing that learners develop a unique, rule-governed linguistic system situated between their native and target languages. This framework, which identified five psycholinguistic processes driving acquisition and introduced the concept of "fossilization," shifted pedagogical focus from error correction to understanding the learner's internal logic.

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