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= Elicited Imitation Studies =

* Reviews and overviews
** Bley-Vroman, R. and Chaudron, C. (1994).  Elicited imitation as a measure of second-language competence.  In E.E. Tarone, S. Gass & A.D. Cohen, Research methodology in second-language acquisition, Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum. 245-261.
** Chaudron, C. and Russell, G. (1990). The validity of elicited imitation as a measure of second language competence.  Paper presented as “The status of elicited imitation as a measure of second language competence” at the ninth World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Thessaloniki, Greece.
** Gass, Susan M. and Mackey, Alison (2007). Data elicitation in second and foreign language research. Routledge (Taylor and Francis). [http://books.google.com/books?id=ii8wtKsD4_8C&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=%22elicited+imitation%22&source=web&ots=l3egQHmXJ0&sig=Txw2KpDcLWB0a7YVfeAtu-0hi04#PPA27,M1] 
** Gallimore, R. and Tharp, R.G. (1981). The interpretation of elicited sentence imitation in a standardized context.  Language Learning, 31, 1, 369-392. 
** Lust, B. Chien, Y. and Flynn S. (1987).  What children know: methods for the study of first language acquisition.  In B. Lust, Studies in the acquisition of anaphora, Vol. II. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company. 271-356.
** Vinther, T. (2002). Elicited Imitation: a brief overview. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 12, 1, 54-73. [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1473-4192.00024] 

* Articles (might belong elsewhere below)
** Erlam, Rosemary (2006). Elicited Imitation as a Measure of L2 Implicit Knowledge: An Empirical Validation Study. Applied Linguistics 27(3):464-491. [http://applij.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/27/3/464] 
** Mattes, Larry J. (1982). The Elicited Language Analysis Procedure: A Method for Scoring Sentence Imitation Tasks. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools 13:37-41. [http://lshss.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/13/1/37] 
** Vinnitskaya, I., Flynn, S., and Foley, C. (2002). In: Proceedings of the 6th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference (GASLA 2002): L2 Links (edited by Juana M. Liceras, Helmut Zobl, and Helen Goodluck), Cascadilla Proceedings Project Somerville, MA, pp. 340-345. 

= Native Language Development = 

* Fraser, C., Belugi, U., & Brown, R. (1963).  Control of grammar imitation, comprehension, and production.  Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 2, 121-135.
* Ervin-Tripp, S. (1964).  Imitation and structural change in children’s language. In E.H. Lenneberg (Ed.), New directions in the study of language. Cambridge, MA: M.I.T Press, 163-189.
* Lust, B., Flynn, S. and Foley, C. (1996) What children know about what they say: elicited imitation as a research method for assessing children's syntax, in D. Mcdaniel, C. Mckee and H. Smith Cairns, eds. Methods for assessing children’s syntax. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Pp. 55-76. 
* Lust, B. Chien, Y. and Flynn S. (1987).  What children know: methods for the study of first language acquisition.  In B. Lust, Studies in the acquisition of anaphora, Vol. II. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company. 271-356.
* Menyuk, P. (1963).  A preliminary evaluation of grammatical capacity in children. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 2, 429-439. 
* Connell, P.J. and Myles-Zitzer, C. (1982). A analysis of elicited imitation as a language evaluation procedure.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders. 47, 4, 390-396. [http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ281035&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=EJ281035]
* Cowan, N., Day, L. Sauls, J. S, Keller, T.A. Johnson, T. and Flores, L. (1992). The role of verbal output time in the effects of word length on immediate memory. Journal of Memory and Language. 31, 1, 1-17.
* Hood, L. and Lightbown, P. M. (1978).  What children do when asked to “say what I say”: does elicited imitation measure linguistic knowledge?  Reprints form Allied Health and Behavioural Sciences, 1, 2, 195-219.
* Hood, L. and Schieffelin, B.B. (1978). Elicited imitation in two cultural ocntexts.  Quarterly Newsletter of the Institute of Comparative Human Development 2, 4-12.
* Corrigan, R. and DiPaul, L. (1982). Measurement of language production.  Applied Psyholinguistics. 3, 3, 223-242.
* Keller-Cohen, D. (1981). Elicited imitation in lexical development: evidence from a study of temporal reference. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research,10, 3, 273-88. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/p110377802214550/]
* McDade, H.L., Simpson, M.A., and Lamb, D.E. (1982). The use of elicited imitation as a measure of expressive grammar: a question of validity.  Journal of Speech and Hearing disorders, 47, 1, 19-24. [http://jshd.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/1/19]
* Prutting, C.A., Gallagher,  T.M., and Mulac, A. (1975) The expressive portion of the NSST compared to a spontaneous language sample.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 40, 1, 40-48.
* Gross, C. and Leder, S.B. (1987).  Effect of pragmatic context on elicited imitation.  Perceptal and Motor Skills, 65, 2, 455-459.
* Thornton, R. (1996) Elicited production, in D. McDaniel, C. Mckee and H. Smith Cairns, eds. Methods for assessing children’s syntax. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Pp. 77-102.

= Abnormal Language Development = 
* Connell, P. J., & Myles-Zitzer, C. (1982). An analysis of elicited imitation as a language evaluation procedure. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 47, 390–396.
* Fujiki, M. and B. Brinton. (1983). Sampling reliability in elicited imitation. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders 48, 1, 85-89. [http://jshd.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/1/85]
* Fujiki, M. and B. Brinton  (1987).  Elicited Imitation Revisited: A Comparison with Spontaneous Language Production. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools,18, 4, 301-311. [http://lshss.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/18/4/301]
* Rondall, J.A., Lambert, J.L. and Sohier, C. (1981). Elicited verbal and nonverbal imitation in Down’s syndrome and other mentally retarded children: a replication and extension of Berry.  Lanuage and Speech 24, 3, 245-254.
* Berry. P. b. (1976).  Elicited Imitation of language: some ESNS population characteristics. Language and Speech 19,1, 350-362.
* Hale Haniff, M. and Siegel, G. M. (1981).  The effect of context on verbal elicited imitation, Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders 46, 1, 27-30.
* Lahey, M., Launer, P, and Schiff-Myers, N. (1983).  Prediction of production: elicited imitation and spontaneous speech productions of language disordered children.  Applied Psycholinguistics, 4, 4, 317-343.
* Lee, L.L. (1970).  A  screening test for syntax development.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 35, 2, 102-112.
* McDade, H.L., Simpson, M.A., and Lamb, D.E. (1982). The use of elicited imitation as a measure of expressive grammar: a question of validity.  Journal of Speech and Hearing disorders, 47, 1, 19-24.
* Menyuk, P. (1964).  Comparison of grammar of children with functionally deviant and norjmal speech.  Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 7, 3, 109-121.
* Rondal, J.A., Lambert, J.L., and Sohier, C. Elicited verbal and nonverbal imitation in Down’s syndrome and other mentally retarded children: a replication and extension of Berry. Language and Speech 24, 3, 245-254.

= Second Language Psycholinguistics = 
* Bailey, N., Eisenstein, M., and Madden, C. (1976). The development of wh-questions in adult second-language learners. On TESOL 76, 1-9. 
* Blay-Vroman, R. and Chaudron, C. (1994).  Elicited imitation as a measure of second-language competence.  In E.E. Tarone, S. Gass & A.D. Cohen, Research methodology in second-language acquisition, Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum. 245-261. 
* Eisenstein, M. Bailey, N. and Madden, C. 1982). It take two: contrasting tasks and contrasting structures. TESOL Quarterly, 16, 3, 381-193. 
* Erlam, Rosemary (2006).  Elicited Imitation as a Measure of L2 Implicit Knowledge: An Empirical Validation Study. Applied Linguistics, 27, 3, 464-491. 
* Gallimore, R. and Tharp, R.G. (1981). The interpretation of elicited sentence imitation in a standardized context.  Language Learning, 31, 1, 369-392. 
* Hudgins, J. C., & Cullinan, W. L. (1978). Effects of sentence structure on sentence elicited imitation responses. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 21, 809–819. 
* Roebuck, Regina F., Martínez-Arbelaiz, María A., and Pérez-Silva, Jorge I. (1999). Null subjects, filled CPs and L2 acquisition. Second Language Research, 15(3):251-282. [http://slr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/15/3/251] 
* Perkins, K., Brutten, S. R., & Angelis, P. J. (1986). Derivational complexity and item difficulty in a sentence repetition task. Language Learning, 36, 125–141. 
* Naiman, N. (1974).  The use of elicited imitation in second language acquisition research.  Working Papers on Bilingualism, 2, 1-37. [http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED122588&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=ED122588] 
* Vinther, T.  (2002).  Elicited imitation: a brief review.  International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 12, 1, 54-73. 
* Flynn, S. (1986).  Production vs. comprehension: differences in underlying competencies. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 8, 2, 135-164. 
* Hamayan, E., Saegert, J., and Larudee, P. (1977). Elicited imitation in second language learners.  Language and Speech 20, 1, 86-97. 
* Hamayan, E. et al. (1976). Differences in Performance in Elicited Imitation between French Monolingual and English-Speaking Bilingual Children. Working Papers on Bilingualism, No. 8., OISE. [http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED125249&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=ED125249]
* Markman, B.R., Spilka, I.V., and Tucker, G.R. (1975). The use of elicited imitation in search of an interim French grammar.  Language Learning 25, 1, 31-41.
* Munnich, E., Flynn, S., and Martohardjono, G. (1994) Elicited imitation and grammaticality judgment tasks; what they measure and how they relate to each other.  In E.E. Tarone, S. Gass and A.D. Cohen, Research methodology in second-language acquisition, Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum. 227-43. 
* Polio, C. and S. Gass. (1997)  Replication and reporting.  Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 19, 4, 499-508.
* Richards, D. R. (1980) Problems in eliciting unmonitored speech in a second language.  Interlanguage Studies Bulletin Utrecht 5, 2, 63-98.

= Second Language Measurement = 
* Blay-Vroman, R. and Chaudron, C. (1994).  Elicited imitation as a measure of second-language competence.  In E.E. Tarone, S. Gass & A.D. Cohen, Research methodology in second-language acquisition, Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum. 245-261. 
* Casad, Eugene (ed.) Windows on Bilingualism. Arlington, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics and UT-Arlington.
* Casad, Eugene H. (1997) Language Assessment Tools: Uses and Limitations. Language Choices: Conditions, Constraints, and Consequences, 253-273. 
* Chaudron, C., Prior, M. &  Kozok, U. (2005).  Elicited imitation as an oral proficiency measure.  Paper presented at the 14 World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Madison Wisconsin.
* Grimes, Joseph E. Calibrating sentence repetition tests.  In E. Casad (ed.) Windows on Bilingualism. Arlington, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics and UT-Arlington.
* Hameyer, K. (1980).  Testing oral proficiency via elicited imitation.  Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 53, 1, 11-24. 
* Henning, G. (1983). Oral proficiency testing: comparative validities of interview, imitation, and completion methods.  Language Learning, 33, 3, 315-332. 
* Henning, G. (1987).  A guide to language testing. Cambridge: Newbury House.
* Munnich, E., Flynn, S. and Martohardjono, G. (1994).  Elicited imitation and grammaticality judgment tasks; what they measure and how they relate to each other.  In E. E. Tarone, S. Gass, and A.D. Cohen, Research methodology in second language acquisition, Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum, 227-243. 
* Radloff, C. (1991)  Sentence Repetition Testing.  Arlington, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington.
* Radloff, C. F. (1992). Sentence repetition testing for studies of community bilingualism: an introduction. Notes on Linguistics, 56, 19–25. 
* Vinther, T.  (2002).  Elicited imitation: a brief review.  International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 12, 1, 54-73. 

= Sentence Length = 
* Miller, G. A.  (1956).  The magical number seven, plus or minus two: some limits on our capacity for processing information.  Psychological Review 63, 2, 81-97.
* Miller, J.F. and Chapman, R.S. (1975).  Length variables in sentence imitation.  Language and Speech, 18, 1, 35-41.
* Scott, M.L. (1994).  Auditory memory and perception in younger and older adult second language learners.  Studies in Second Language Acquisition 16, 3, 263-281.



= Written Imitation =

* Spitze, K. and Fischer, S.D. (1981) Short-term memory as a test of language proficiency.  TESL talk, Quarterly for Teachers of English as a Second Language 12, 4, 32-41.
* Savignon, S. J. (1982)  Dictation as a measure of communicative competence in French as a second language.  Language Learning 32, 1, 33-51.
* Kelch, K. (1985). Modified input as an aid to comprehension. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 7, 1, 81-90.
* Scheibner-Herzig, G., Sauerbrey, H. and Kokoschka, D. (1991) Repetition—a means to predict foreign language oral proficiency.  International Review of Applied Linguistics 29, 3, 229-240.

= Related links =

* The NFLRC at Manoa, Hawaii [http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/get_project.cfm?project_number=1999I]
* The Versant spoken language skills assessment system [http://harcourtassessment.com/haiweb/Cultures/en-US/Harcourt/Community/PostSecondary/Products/Versant/VersantHome.htm]
* Carnegie Speech's NativeAccent program [http://www.carnegiespeech.com/native_accent_speech.html]

= Suggested Difficulty Readings =

*Syntax
** Mattes, Larry J. (1982). The Elicited Language Analysis Procedure: A Method for Scoring Sentence Imitation Tasks. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools 13:37-41. [http://lshss.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/13/1/37] 
** Ortega, Lourdes. (2000). Understanding Syntactic Complexity: The Measurement of Change in the Syntax of Instructed L2 Spanish Learners. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Hawaii. 
** Gass, Susan M. and Mackey, Alison (2007). Data elicitation in second and foreign language research. Routledge (Taylor and Francis). [http://books.google.com/books?id=ii8wtKsD4_8C&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=%22elicited+imitation%22&source=web&ots=l3egQHmXJ0&sig=Txw2KpDcLWB0a7YVfeAtu-0hi04#PPA27,M1]
**'''Added by Dan:'''
*** Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen. (1992). A Second Look at T-Unit Analysis: Reconsidering the Sentence. TESOL Quarterly 26, 2, 390-395. 
*** Eckman, Fred R. (1988). On the Generalization of Relative Clause Instruction in the Acquisition of English as a Second Language. Applied Linguistics 9, 1-20. 
*** Faigley, Lester. (1980). Names in Search of a Concept: Maturity, Fluency, Complexity, and Growth in Written Syntax. College Composition and Communication 31, 3, 291-300. 
*** Halleck, Gene B. (1995). Assessing Oral Proficiency: A Comparison of Holistic and Objective Measures. The Modern Language Journal 79, 2, 223-234. 
*** He, Brown, & Covington. (2004). A Proposed Revision of the Rosenberg and Abbeduto D-Level Scale. Artificial Intelligence Center, The University of Georgia. Poster. 
*Lexical Semantics
**Danesi, Marcel (2000). Semiotics in Language Education. Mouton de Gruyter: New York.
** Perkins, K., Brutten, S. R., & Angelis, P. J. (1986). Derivational complexity and item difficulty in a sentence repetition task. Language Learning, 36, 125–141. 
** Hamayan, E., Saegert, J., and Larudee, P. (1977). Elicited imitation in second language learners.  Language and Speech 20, 1, 86-97. 

*Morphology
** Perkins, K., Brutten, S. R., & Angelis, P. J. (1986). Derivational complexity and item difficulty in a sentence repetition task. Language Learning, 36, 125–141. 
** Hamayan, E., Saegert, J., and Larudee, P. (1977). Elicited imitation in second language learners.  Language and Speech 20, 1, 86-97. 

=Student Added Readings=

*Ben
** Fry, Kress & Fountoukidis (2000) 1,000 Most Frequently Used Words, The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall 

*Jerry
** Ellis, Rod (2008) Investigating grammatical difficulty in second language learning: Implications for second language acquisition research and language testing. International Journal of Applied Linguistics 18, 1, 4-22. 
** Hawkins, Roger (2008) Can innate linguistic knowledge be eliminated from theories of SLA?. Lingua 118, 613-619. 
** Hawkins, Roger & Casillas, Gabriella (2008) Explaining frequency of verb morphology in early L2 speech. Lingua 118, 595-612. 
** Kobayashi, Hiroe & Rinnert, Carol (2008) Task response and text construction across L1 and L2 writing. Journal of Second Language Writing 17, 7-29.