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3 SECOND AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE DATA 3.1 Data analysis A central part of understanding the field of SLA is gained by hands-on experience in data analysis and data interpretation. In this chapter, we first present data from second language learners to see how the data can be analyzed and interpreted. We then turn to a discussion of different kinds of data and ways of elicitation. A given about SLA data is that there is often ambiguity with regard to interpretation. Thus, it is frequently the case that there are no“correct” answers in analyzing interlanguage data, as there might be in doi