The Cambridge handbook of second language acquisition
2014
eBook
Abstract: This comprehensive handbook is an authoritative survey of second language acquisition (SLA). Its multi-perspective synopsis on recent developments in SLA research provides significant contributions by established experts and widely recognized younger talent.
Main title:
The Cambridge handbook of second language acquisition / edited by Julia Herschensohn Martha Young-Scholten.
Author:
Herschensohn, Julia Rogers, 1945-, editorYoung-Scholten, Martha, editorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition].
Imprint:
Cambridge [England] ; New York [New York] : Cambridge University Press, [2013]Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014.
Collation:
1 online resource (56 entries) : 37 images ; digital files.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xiv, 823 pages : illustrations
Contents:
Introduction / Julia Herschensohn and Martha Young-Scholten -- Part I: Theory and practice. Theories of language from a critical perspective / Jan Koster -- History of the study of second language acquisition / Margaret Thomas -- Theoretical approaches / Florence Myles -- Scope and research methodologies / Melinda Whong and Clare Wright --Part II: Internal ingredients. The role of the native language / Claire Foley and Suzanne Flynn -- Learning mechanisms and automatization / Richard Towell -- Generative approaches and the poverty of the stimulus / Bonnie D. Schwartz and Rex A. Sprouse -- Learner internal psychological factors / Jean-Marc Dewaele -- Alphabetic literacy and adult SLA / Elaine Tarone, Kit Hansen and Martha Bigelow --Part III: External ingredients. Negotiated input and output/interaction / María del Pilar García Mayo and Eva Alcón Soler -- Second language identity construction / Elizabeth R. Miller and Ryuko Kubota -- Socialization / Georges Daniel Véronique -- Variation / Vera Regan -- Electronic interaction and resources / Astrid Ensslin and Cedric Krummes --Part IV: Biological factors. Age related effects / Julia Herschensohn -- Childhood second language acquisition / Belma Haznedar and Elena Gavruseva -- Incomplete L1 acquisition / Silvina Montrul -- Third language acquisition / Jason Rothman, Jennifer Cabrelli Amaro and Kees de Bot -- Language processing / Alice Foucart and Cheryl Frenck-Mestre -- Affect and the brain / Andrea Mates and Anna Joaquin --Part V: Properties of interlanguage systems. The lexicon / James Milton and Giovanna Donzelli -- Semantics / Laurent Dekydtspotter -- Discourse and pragmatics / Roumyana Slabakova -- Morphosyntax / Tania Ionin -- Phonology and speech / Ellen Broselow and Yoonjung Kang --Part VI: Models of development. Explaining change in transition grammars / Michael Sharwood Smith, John Truscott and Roger Hawkins -- Stage-like development and organic grammar / Anne Vainikka and Martha Young-Scholten -- Emergentism, connectionism and complexity / Randal Holme -- Input, input processing and focus on form / Joe Barcroft and Wynne Wong -- Sociocultural theory and the zone of proximal development / Amy Snyder Ohta -- Nativelike and non-nativelike attainment / Donna Lardiere.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781784023638 (electronic version)9781107007710 (hardback)
Dewey class:
418
LC class:
P118.2
Language:
English
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BRN:
502208
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