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

Publication Info. Cambridge [England] ; New York [New York] : Cambridge University Press, [2013]
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2014.

Item Status

Edition [Enhanced Credo edition].
Description 1 online resource (56 entries) : 37 images ; digital files.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics
Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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 / María del Pilar García Mayo and Eva Alcón Soler -- Second language identity construction / Elizabeth R. Miller and Ryuko Kubota -- Socialization / Georges Daniel Véronique -- 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.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary This comprehensive handbook is an authoritative survey of second language acquisition (SLA). Its multi-perspective synopsis on recent developments in SLA research provides significant contributions by established experts and widely recognized younger talent.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Local Note Credo Reference.
Credo Reference General Reference
Subject Second language acquisition.
Second language acquisition.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Herschensohn, Julia Rogers, 1945- editor.
Young-Scholten, Martha, editor.
Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
Added Title Handbook of second language acquisition.
Other Form: Print version: 1107007712 9781107007710 (DLC) 2012021826 xiv, 823 pages : illustrations
ISBN 9781784023638 electronic version
9781107007710 hardback