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1、SSLA,24,275–285DOI:10.1017.S0272263102002127MAKINGSENSEOFFREQUENCYDianeLarsen-FreemanUniversityofMichiganNickEllis’sarticleisimpressiveforitsbreadthofscholarshipandthecogentcasemadeforfrequencyasanimportantfactorinsecondlanguageacquisition(SLA).Thisresponsebeginswithabrief
2、histori-calsketch,whichaimstocontextualizethefrequencyfactorintermsoftheevolutionofSLAresearch.Althoughresearchershaveknownaboutafrequencyeffectforsometime,untilrecently,wehavelackedneurologicallyplausiblemodelsandtechnologicallyconve-nientmeansofmeasuringandtestingfrequen
3、cyeffectsininput.Still,asrelevantandimportantasafrequencyfactoris,itrequiresgreaterdefinitionandqualification.Forinstance,L2learnersareagentsoftheirownlearningprocess.Theydonotmerelyrecordfrequency;theycategorizefrequentlyoccurringpatterns,abstract,andgeneral-izefromthem.H
4、igherlevelgeneralizationsemergefrominteractions,imposetop-downexpectanciesonfuturedata,and,inturn,areal-teredbythedatainaperpetuallydynamicinterplay.Inasimilarfashion,itisincumbentonSLAresearchersnottobesatisfiedwithafrequencyexplanation,buttointerpretit—inshort,tomakesens
5、eoffrequency.IamimpressedbyNickEllis’s“FrequencyEffectsinLanguageProcessingandAcquisition.”Ihavebeenawareforsometimeofthepowerfuldistributionalregularitiesinlanguage.Theymakelanguagetheinherentlyfine-tooledandac-quirablesystemofcommunicationthatitis.However,Iamnewlyappreci
6、ativeofthebreadthofscholarshipthatEllishasbroughttobearontheimportantissueofhumanbeings’capacitytoperceiveandmakeuseoffrequencyinfor-mation.Secondlanguageacquisition(SLA)researchclearlyneedstobein-formedbysuchworkinpsycholinguistics.Writingwithauthorityanddrawingonstudiesi
7、nthisrelevantdiscipline,Ellishasmadeaconvincingcaseforthefactthat(input)frequencyplaysanimportantroleinSLA.Addresscorrespondenceto:DianeLarsen-Freeman,EnglishLanguageInstitute,UniversityofMichi-gan,AnnArbor,MI48109;e-mail:dianelf@umich.edu.2002CambridgeUniversityPress0272
8、-2631/02$9.50275276DianeLarsen-FreemanOfcourse,Ineededlittleconvincing.AsEllispointsout,w
