L2 Grammatical Representation and Processing : Theory and Practice / Deborah Arteaga.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arteaga, Deborah, Editor.

Series:

Second Language Acquisition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

French language--Grammar--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

French language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 pages).

Place of Publication:

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The chapters in this volume, all written by experts in the field, present an array of new research on second language acquisition (SLA) that touches on several current theoretical debates in the field and present a rich range of new empirical data and a number of innovative findings. The studies address questions relating to ultimate attainment, first language transfer, universal properties of SLA, processing and second language (L2) grammar, and explore a number of grammatical features of the L2: tense, aspect, modality, specificity, definiteness, gender, number, anaphora. These themes are complemented by the study of pragmatic competence in sociocultural aspects of register use. The students investigated in the studies range from heritage speakers to naturalistic learners, to instructed learners and immigrants. Another distinctive feature of this book is the inclusion of pedagogical recommendations based on L2 research, making the book relevant for both SLA researchers and language teachers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Introduction

1. Specificity Affects Determiner Choice Even When Definiteness Transfers

2. What Can Acquisition Studies Contribute to the Instruction of Register? A Case Study of French

3. The L2 Acquisition of French Morphosyntax by Anglophone Learners: Refocusing on the Input

4. When Nonnative Speakers Show Distinction: Syntax and Task Interactions in Long-Distance Anaphoric Dependencies in French

5. Age Effects and Morphological Markedness in L2 Processing of Gender Agreement: Insights from Eye Tracking

6. Finding their Heads: How Immigrant Adults Posit L2 Functional Projections

7. The Acquisition Environment for Instructed L2 Learners: Implementing Hybrid and Online Language Courses

Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781788925365

178892536X

9781788925358

1788925351

OCLC:

1100442651