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Comparative Perspectives on Language Acquisition
. Ed(S): Watorek, Marzena; Benazzo, Sandra; Hickmann, Maya
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Description for Comparative Perspectives on Language Acquisition
This volume aims to provide a broad view of SLA, from initial to final stages. It does this within a comparative perspective that addresses results concerning adult and child learners across a variety of source and target languages, in order to assess the relative weight of cognitive and typological determinants during language learning. Editor(s): Watorek, Marzena; Benazzo, Sandra; Hickmann, Maya. Series: Second Language Acquisition. Num Pages: 632 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 168 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1092.
This volume aims to provide a broad view of second language acquisition within a comparative perspective that addresses results concerning adult and child learners across a variety of source and target languages. It brings together contributions at the forefront of language acquisition research that consider a wide range of open questions: What are the precise mechanisms underlying acquisition? How can we characterize learners’ initial state and predict their degree of final achievement? What role do specific (typological) properties of source and target languages play? How does fossilization occur? How does the relative complexity of cognitive systems in adult and child ... Read more
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Publication date
2012
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
Series
Second Language Acquisition
Number of Pages
632
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847696038
SKU
V9781847696038
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Watorek, Marzena; Benazzo, Sandra; Hickmann, Maya
Marzena Watorek is Professor in Linguistics at the University Paris 8. Her research interests include first and second language acquisition, particularly discourse production, initial processing of the input by adult learners, and the interface between language acquisition and teaching. Sandra Benazzo is Associate Professor in Linguistics and French as a Second Language at the University Lille 3. ... Read more
Reviews for Comparative Perspectives on Language Acquisition
This well-edited collection of papers responds to the theoretical issues that concerned Clive Perdue throughout his productive career. The 29 chapters examine similarities and differences between monolinguals, childhood bilinguals, and adult and child learners of a second language. We see how learner productions are influenced by perceptual abilities, L1 transfer, and explicit learning as they operate across the lifespan, rather ... Read more