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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826244403321

Titolo

Comparative perspectives on language acquisition [[electronic resource] ] : a tribute to Clive Perdue / / edited by Marzena Watorek, Sandra Benazzo and Maya Hickmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, 2011

ISBN

1-84769-605-8

1-280-12089-4

9786613524751

1-84769-604-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (624 p.)

Collana

Second language acquisition ; ; 61

Altri autori (Persone)

PerdueClive

WatorekMarzena

BenazzoSandra

HickmannMaya

Disciplina

401/.93

Soggetti

Language acquisition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Second language acquisition  : from initial to final stages -- pt. 2. L1 and L2 acquisition : learner type perspective -- pt. 3. Typological variation and language acquisition.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume aims to provide a broad view of second language acquisition within a comparative perspective that addresses results concerning adult and child learners across a variety of source and target languages. It brings together contributions at the forefront of language acquisition research that consider a wide range of open questions: What are the precise mechanisms underlying acquisition? How can we characterize learners’ initial state and predict their degree of final achievement? What role do specific (typological) properties of source and target languages play? How does fossilization occur? How does the relative complexity of cognitive systems in adult and child learners affect acquisition? Does language learning influence cognitive organization? Can language learning shed light on our general understanding of human language and language processing?