Adult Language Acquisition
These two volumes present the methodology and results of an international research project on second language acquisition. The project studied the structure and success of the acquisition process in adult learners, and the explanatory factors behind these phenomena. It places the study of second languages and inter-ethnic discourse on a firm empirical footing. Volume II summarizes the crosslinguistic results.
- Volumes resulting from internationally known European Science Foundation project
- Volumes contain vast range of data plus methodological background
- Star-studded list of contributors involved in project
Reviews & endorsements
"All in all, this was clearly a valuable project whose results will be referred to widely. The two volumes will be of particular interest to acquisition researchers working within a functional framework." Canadian Journal of Linguistics
Product details
September 1993Hardback
9780521417099
300 pages
235 × 160 × 30 mm
0.615kg
20 tables
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Table of Contents
- Part I. Production:
- 1. Utterance structure
- 2. Word-formation processes
- 3. The acquisition of temporality
- 4. Reference to space in learne varieties
- Part II. 5. Ways of achieving understanding
- 6. Feedback in second language acquisition
- Part III. 7. Adult language acquisition
- 8. Conclusion: learner varieties and theoretical linguistics.