Arabic second language acquisition of morphosyntax / Mohammad T. Alhawary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alhawary, Mohammad T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabic language--Morphosyntax.

Arabic language.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While the demand for Arabic classes and preparation programs for Arabic language teachers has increased, there is a notable gap in the field of linguistic research on learning Arabic as a second language. Arabic Second Language Acquisition of Morphosyntax presents a data-driven and systematic analysis of Arabic language acquisition that responds to this growing need. Based on large data samples collected from longitudinal and cross-sectional studies, this book explores a broad range of structures and acquisition issues. It also introduces new and comprehensive research, and it documents the successes and problems that native speakers of other languages, including English, Spanish, French, and Japanese, are likely to encounter in learning Arabic. By integrating previously published findings with new research, the author has created a unified and streamlined resource for teachers, teachers-in-training, linguists, Arabic textbook authors, and second-language acquisition experts.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Transliteration Symbols

Abbreviations

1. Description Of Target Morphosyntactic Structures

2. Existing Arabic Second Language Acquisition Research

3. The Acquisition of Gender Agreement

4. The Acquisition of Tense/Aspect And Verbal Agreement

5. The Acquisition of Null Subjects

6. The Acquisition of Negation, Mood, and Case

7. Theoretical Implications

8. Pedagogical and Applied Implications

Notes

Glossary

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-300-15915-3

9786612352638

1-282-35263-6

1-282-08974-9

9786612089749

OCLC:

406178843