Comparative perspectives on language acquisition : a tribute to Clive Perdue / edited by Marzena Watorek, Sandra Benazzo and Maya Hickmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perdue, Clive.

Watorek, Marzena.

Benazzo, Sandra.

Hickmann, Maya.

Series:

Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; 61.

Second language acquisition ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Perdue, Clive.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (624 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume aims to provide a broad view of second language acquisition within a comparative perspective that addresses results concerning adult and child learners across a variety of source and target languages. It brings together contributions at the forefront of language acquisition research that consider a wide range of open questions: What are the precise mechanisms underlying acquisition? How can we characterize learners’ initial state and predict their degree of final achievement? What role do specific (typological) properties of source and target languages play? How does fossilization occur? How does the relative complexity of cognitive systems in adult and child learners affect acquisition? Does language learning influence cognitive organization? Can language learning shed light on our general understanding of human language and language processing?

Contents:

pt. 1. Second language acquisition : from initial to final stages

pt. 2. L1 and L2 acquisition : learner type perspective

pt. 3. Typological variation and language acquisition.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613524751

9781847696052

1847696058

9781280120893

1280120894

9781847696045

184769604X

OCLC:

778706836