In a recent contribution to Second Language Research, Pienemann (1992) described a computational system for the analysis of interlanguage data, termed COALA. In this report we will introduce another computer system for the analysis of L2 acquisition data, which has been developed independently. This system we have named COMOLA. This report contains: (1) a description of the COMOLA system, followed by an illustration of the type and scope of analyses yielded by COMOLA; (2) a brief description of COALA; and (3) a comparison of COMOLA and COALA pointing out the major differences between the two systems.
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