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Title The Cambridge handbook of second language acquisition / edited by Julia Herschensohn, Martha Young-Scholten.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 823 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics
Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction / Julia Herschensohn and Martha Young-Scholten -- Part I: Theory and practice -- Theories of language from a critical perspective / Jan Koster -- History of the study of second language acquisition / Margaret Thomas -- Theoretical approaches / Florence Myles -- Scope and research methodologies / Melinda Whong and Clare Wright -- Part II: Internal ingredients -- The role of the native language / Claire Foley and Suzanne Flynn -- Learning mechanisms and automatization / Richard Towell -- Generative approaches and the poverty of the stimulus / Bonnie D. Schwartz and Rex A. Sprouse -- Learner internal psychological factors / Jean-Marc Dewaele -- Alphabetic literacy and adult SLA / Elaine Tarone, Kit Hansen and Martha Bigelow -- Part III: External ingredients -- Negotiated input and output/interaction / Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo and Eva Alcon Soler -- Second language identity construction / Elizabeth R. Miller and Ryuko Kubota -- Socialization / Georges Daniel Veronique -- Variation / Vera Regan -- Electronic interaction and resources / Astrid Ensslin and Cedric Krummes -- Part IV: Biological factors -- Age related effects / Julia Herschensohn -- Childhood second language acquisition / Belma Haznedar and Elena Gavruseva -- Incomplete L1 acquisition / Silvina Montrul -- Third language acquisition / Jason Rothman, Jennifer Cabrelli Amaro and Kees de Bot -- Language processing / Alice Foucart and Cheryl Frenck-Mestre -- Affect and the brain / Andrea Mates and Anna Joaquin -- Part V: Properties of interlanguage systems -- The lexicon / James Milton and Giovanna Donzelli -- Semantics / Laurent Dekydtspotter -- Discourse and pragmatics / Roumyana Slabakova -- Morphosyntax / Tania Ionin -- Phonology and speech / Ellen Broselow and Yoonjung Kang -- Part VI: Models of development -- Explaining change in transition grammars / Michael Sharwood Smith, John Truscott and Roger Hawkins -- Stage-like development and organic grammar / Anne Vainikka and Martha Young-Scholten -- Emergentism, connectionism and complexity / Randal Holme -- Input, input processing and focus on form / Joe Barcroft and Wynne Wong -- Sociocultural theory and the zone of proximal development / Amy Snyder Ohta -- Nativelike and non-nativelike attainment / Donna Lardiere.
Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Scope and overview; Part I Theory and practice; Introduction to Part I; 1 Theories of language from a critical perspective; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Chomskyan revolution; 1.3 Rediscovering the lexicon; 1.4 Not quite a revolution; 1.5 A partial consensus; 1.6 Minimalism and the biolinguistic program; 1.7 Reconciling biology with culture; 1.8 Concluding remarks; 2 History of the study of second language acquisition; 2.1 Introduction: when does the history of second language begin?
2.2 History of the role of a learner's native language in second language acquisition2.2.1 Prehistory of the role of L1; 2.2.2 Role of L1 in twentieth-century structuralism; 2.2.3 Reconceptualizing the role of L1 in the 1970s-1980s; 2.2.4 Late twentieth-century research on the role of L1; 2.3 History of research on the inherent capacities of second language learners; 2.3.1 "Cartesian linguistics"; 2.3.2 Emergence of the notion of interlanguage; 2.3.3 Reappraising the basis of L2 learners' capacities; 2.4 History of the role of social context in L2 acquisition.
2.4.1 Social interaction in L2 acquisition: fourth versus twentieth century2.4.2 Conceptualization of cognitive versus social factors in L2 learning; 2.5 Conclusion; 3 Theoretical approaches; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Why theories?; 3.2.1 Purpose of SLA theories; 3.2.2 SLA research agendas; 3.2.3 Research findings; 3.3 The main theoretical families; 3.3.1 Linguistic approaches; Domain of inquiry; Views on the nature of language; View of the learning process; View of the language learner; Linguistic approaches and SLA research agendas/findings.
Conclusion: contribution of formal linguistic approaches to theory building3.3.2 Cognitive approaches; Domain of inquiry; Views on the nature of language; View of the learning process; View of the language learner; Cognitive approaches and SLA research agendas/findings; Conclusion: contribution of cognitive approaches to SLA theory building; 3.3.3 Interactionist, sociolinguistic and sociocultural approaches; Domain of inquiry; Views on the nature of language; View of the learning process; Views of the language learner.
Interactional/sociolinguistic/sociocultural approaches and research agendas/findingsConclusion: contribution of interactionist/sociolinguistic/sociocultural approaches to SLA theory building; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 Scope and research methodologies; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Biological factors; 4.3 Cognitive factors; 4.4 Pedagogical factors; 4.5 Social factors; 4.6 Conclusion; Part II Internal ingredients; Introduction to Part II; 5 The role of the native language; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 From Contrastive Analysis to Creative Construction; 5.3 Types of developmental influence.
Note 5.3.1 Relative frequency of use.
Summary A one-stop guide providing up-to-date coverage of the central aspects of second language acquisition.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Second language acquisition.
Second language acquisition.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Handbooks and manuals.
Handbooks and manuals.
Added Author Herschensohn, Julia Rogers, 1945-
Young-Scholten, Martha.
Other Form: Print version: Cambridge handbook of second language acquisition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013, ©2013 9781107007710 (DLC) 2012021826 (OCoLC)828413231
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