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Abstract
In this paper, framed in human linguistics, the writer argues that the concept avoidance in the
field of second language acquisition (SLA) can be moved from the logical domain of grammar
into the physical domain, accessible to science. After presenting his main arguments, he briefly
lays out a plan for testing avoidance as a real-world phenomena involving people
communicating. Although he refers to avoidance as a "deliberate" strategy, we could see the
relevant properties of the person in terms of real-world variables affecting conditional properties
in the plex of a communicating individual.
Gass, Susan M. & Selinker, Larry. (2001). Second language acquisition. Mahwah,
New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
O'Grady, W., M. Dobrovolsky, & M. Aronoff. (1989). Contemporary linguistics: An
introduction. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Yngve, Victor H. (1996). From grammar to science: New foundations for general
linguistics. Philadelphia: John Benjamins.