Linguistic Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition |
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| Editor:
| Gass, Susan M.
Schachter, Jacquelyn |
| Series title: | Cambridge Applied Linguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-52494-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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The paperback edition is a collection of original essays that approaches second language acquisition from a linguistic rather than a sociological, psychological, or purely pedagogical perspective. A wide range of viewpoints and approaches is represented. The essays in this book provide an incisive analysis of how a second language is acquired and what the second language learner must do mentally to achieve proficiency in another language. The chapters are arranged topically from those...
More DescriptionThe paperback edition is a collection of original essays that approaches second language acquisition from a linguistic rather than a sociological, psychological, or purely pedagogical perspective. A wide range of viewpoints and approaches is represented. The essays in this book provide an incisive analysis of how a second language is acquired and what the second language learner must do mentally to achieve proficiency in another language. The chapters are arranged topically from those covering the broad area of theories of acquisition to those focusing specifically on syntax, semantics, pragmatics, lexicon, and phonology in another language.