| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 288 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Language acquisition & language disorders,
0925-0123 ;
v. 38
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Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 38.
0925-0123
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-240) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Fossilized Second Language Grammars; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Abstract; Acknowledgements; List of appendices; List of tables; List of figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; Definitions, assumptions and predictions; Competing theories of NS/NNS ultimate attainment differences; Gender; The empirical study; Discussion; Notes; References; Appendices; Name index; Subject index; The series Language Acquisition and Language Disorders. |
| Summary |
This monograph is a theoretical and empirical investigation into the mechanisms and causes of successful and unsuccessful adult second language acquisition. Couched within a generative framework, the study explores how a learner's first language and the age at which they acquire their second language may contribute to the L2 knowledge that they can ultimately attain. The empirical study focuses on a group of very advanced L2 speakers, and through a series of tests aims to discover what underpins their near mastery of grammatical gender and other grammatical properties. The book explores an accou. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition.
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Second language acquisition. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gender.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Gender. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Franceschina, Florencia. Fossilized second language grammars. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2005 902725298X 9789027252982 (DLC) 2005050834 (OCoLC)61200755 |
| ISBN |
9789027293985 (electronic book) |
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9027293988 (electronic book) |
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1282156276 |
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9781282156272 |
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