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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782088103321

Titolo

Portraits of the L2 user / / Vivian Cook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

1-84769-894-8

1-280-82803-X

9781853595859

1-85359-585-3

9786610828036

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Second Language Acquisition

Classificazione

ER 925

Disciplina

418/.0071

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 contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1. Background to the L2 User -- 2. Lexical Representation and Lexical Processing in the L2 User -- 3. The Phonology of the L2 User -- 4. A Minimalist Approach to L2 Solves a Dilemma of UG -- 5. Development of L2 Functional Use -- 6. Cognitive Processes of L2 Users -- 7. Portrait of the Bilingual Child -- 8. The Neurolinguistics of L2 Users -- 9. Individual Differences in L2 Fluency: The Effect of Neurobiological Correlates -- 10. Language Attrition: Tests, Self-assessments and Perceptions -- 11. Poststructuralist Approaches to the Study of Social Factors in Second Language Learning and Use -- 12. Second Language Learners’ Rights -- 13. Language Teaching Methodology and the L2 User Perspective -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Portraits of the L2 User treats second language users in their own right rather than as failed native speakers. It describes a range of psychological and linguistic approaches to diverse topics about L2 users. It thus provides an innovative overview of current second language acquisition theories, results and methods, seen from a common perspective.