Ecology of Language Acquisition
. Ed(S): Leather, Jonathan; Dam, Jet Van
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Paperback. Editor(s): Leather, Jonathan; Dam, Jet van. Series: Educational Linguistics. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 373.
While most research on language acquisition continues to consider the individual primarily in closed-system terms, Ecology of Language Acquisition emphasizes the emergence of linguistic development through children's and learners' interactions with their environment - spatial, social, cultural, educational, and so on - bringing to light commonalities between primary language development, child and adult second-language learning, and language acquisition by robots. Such a situated, context-responsive perspective on acquisition is able to interrelate insights from a variety of paradigms and disciplines while avoiding unjustifiable appeals to normativity. The theoretical and empirical studies presented here challenge a number of dominant ideas in language ... Read more
While most research on language acquisition continues to consider the individual primarily in closed-system terms, Ecology of Language Acquisition emphasizes the emergence of linguistic development through children's and learners' interactions with their environment - spatial, social, cultural, educational, and so on - bringing to light commonalities between primary language development, child and adult second-language learning, and language acquisition by robots. Such a situated, context-responsive perspective on acquisition is able to interrelate insights from a variety of paradigms and disciplines while avoiding unjustifiable appeals to normativity. The theoretical and empirical studies presented here challenge a number of dominant ideas in language ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Series
Educational Linguistics
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048161706
SKU
V9789048161706
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