The handbook of second language acquisition / / edited by Catherine J. Doughty and Michael H. Long

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910143253203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., c2003
• ISBN: 9786610285648; 9781280285646; 1280285648; 9780470756492; 0470756497; 9781405151887; 1405151889
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 888 p. : ill
• Collana: Blackwell handbooks in linguistics
• Altri autori (Persone): DoughtyCatherine; LongMichael H
• Disciplina: 418
• Soggetti: Second language acquisition
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- I Overview -- 1 The Scope of Inquiry and Goals of SLA -- II Capacity and Representation -- 2 On the Nature of Interlanguage Representation: Universal Grammar in the Second Language -- 3 The Radical Middle: Nativism without Universal Grammar -- 4 Constructions, Chunking, and Connectionism: The Emergence of Second Language Structure -- 5 Cognitive Processes in Second Language Learners and Bilinguals:The Development of Lexical and Conceptual Representations -- 6 Near-Nativeness -- III Environments for SLA -- 7 Language Socialization in SLA -- 8 Social Context -- 9 Input and Interaction -- 10 Instructed SLA: Constraints, Compensation, and Enhancement -- IV Processes in SLA -- 11 Implicit and Explicit Learning -- 12 Incidental and Intentional Learning -- 13 Automaticity and Second Languages -- 14 Variation -- 15 Cross-Linguistic Influence -- 16 Stabilization and Fossilization in Interlanguage Development -- V Biological and Psychological ; Constraints -- 17 Maturational Constraints in SLA -- 18 Individual Differences in Second Language Learning -- 19 Attention and Memory during SLA -- 20 Language Processing Capacity -- VI Research Methods -- 21 Defining and Measuring SLA -- 22 Data Collection in SLA Research -- VII The State of SLA -- 23 SLA Theory: Construction and Assessment -- 24 SLA and Cognitive Science -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition research. * Discusses the biological and cognitive underpinnings of SLA, mechanisms, processes, and constraints on SLA, the level of ultimate attainment, research methods, and the status of SLA as a cognitive science. * Includes contributions from twenty-seven of the world's leading scholars. * Provides an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychology, applied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitive science.