Frequency effects in instructed second language acquisition / Karin Madlener.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madlener, Karin, 1978- author.

Series:

Applications of cognitive linguistics ; Volume 29.

Applications of Cognitive Linguistics, 1861-4078 ; Voluume 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Psychological aspects.

Language and languages.

Second language acquisition.

English language--Study and teaching--Japanese speakers.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on a state-of-the-art review of prior research in all related domains, this book makes precise predictions about the expected effects of specific type and token frequency distributions in input floods and tests these in the second language classroom context.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of abbreviations / List of tables

List of figures

1. Cognitive Linguistics meets the second language classroom

2. Input, input processing, and interlanguage development

3. A constructionist view of second language acquisition

4. A usage-based view of input optimization: Beyond input floods

5. Evaluating frequency effects in the classroom: Study design

6. Optimizing variation or: Can less be more?

7. Optimizing repetition or: Do outstanding central exemplars help?

8. Input floods revisited

References

Subject index

Appendix A

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110405538

3110405539

9783110423594

3110423596

OCLC:

934475391