Handbook of Second Language Acquisition - Brossura

Ritchie, William; Bhatia, Tej

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ISBN 10: 0125890435 ISBN 13: 9780125890434

Casa editrice: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, 1998

Riassunto

A two-volume set including the Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and the Handbook of Child Language Acquisition. The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition discusses research, theory, and applications specifically of second language acquisition. The book addresses issues of maturation and modularity, as well as language transfer between first and second languages, the neuropsychology of second language acquisition, research and methodological issues in the study of second language acquisition and language contact and its consequences. The Handbook of Child Language Acquisition sheds a new light on the what, why and how of the child's ability to acquire one or more languages. It includes treatments of acquisition form a variety of theoretical viewpoint and also contains overviews of the acquisition of all components of linguistic structure, as well as treating the acquisition of the sign languages of the deaf and the specific problems of bilingual acquisition.

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"This volume benefits from the state-of-the-art contributions of prominent specialists, presents various approaches to SLA and covers most of the key issues in the field. I believe that it is a useful, comprehensive handbook for both students and researchers in the field."
-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

Contenuti

W.C. Ritchie and T.K. Bhatia, Second Language Acquisition: Introduction, Foundations, and Overview.
Research and Theoretical Issues in Second Language Acquisition:
K.R. Gregg, The Logical and Developmental Problems of Second Language Acquisition.
Issues of Maturation and Modularity in Second Language Acquisition:
L. White, Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition: Current Trends and New Directions.
S. Flynn, A Parameter-Setting Approach to Second Language Acquisition.
J. Schachter, Maturation and the Issue of Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquisition.
F.R. Eckman, A Functional-Typological Approach to Second Language Acquisition Theory.
B. McLaughlin and R. Heredia, Information-Processing Approaches to Research on Second Language Acquisition and Use.
D. Preston, Variationist Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition.
Second Language Speech and the Influence of the First Language:
J. Leather and A. James, Second Language Speech.
S. Gass, Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory: The Role of Language Transfer.
Research Methodology and Applications:
D. Nunan, Issues in Second Language Acquisition Research: Examining Substance and Procedure.
A. Sorace, The Use of Acceptability Judgments in Second Language Acquisition Research.
Modality and the Linguistic Environment in Second Language Acquisition:
M.H. Long, The Role of the Linguistic Environment in Second Language Acquisition.
G.P. Berent, The Acquisition of English Syntax by Deaf Learners. The Neuropsychology of Second Language Acquisition and Use: L.K. Obler and S. Hannigan, Neurolinguistics of Second Language Acquisition and Use.
Language Contact and its Consequences:
R.W. Anderson and Y. Shirai, The Primacy of Aspect in First and Second Language Acquisition: The Pidgin-Creole Connection.
S. Romaine, Bilingualism.
H.W. Seliger, Primary Language Attrition in the Context of Bilingualism.
T.K. Bhatia and W.C. Ritchie, Bilingual Language Mixing, Universal Grammar, and Second Language Acquisition.
Glossary.
Author Index.
Subject Index.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0125890435
• ISBN 13: 9780125890434
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 758
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile