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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828770103321

Autore

Madlener Karin <1978->

Titolo

Frequency effects in instructed second language acquisition / / Karin Madlener

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-040553-9

3-11-042359-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Collana

Applications of Cognitive Linguistics, , 1861-4078 ; ; Voluume 29

Disciplina

418.0071

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching - Psychological aspects

Second language acquisition

English language - Study and teaching - Japanese speakers

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of abbreviations / List of tables -- List of figures -- 1. Cognitive Linguistics meets the second language classroom -- 2. Input, input processing, and interlanguage development -- 3. A constructionist view of second language acquisition -- 4. A usage-based view of input optimization: Beyond input floods -- 5. Evaluating frequency effects in the classroom: Study design -- 6. Optimizing variation or: Can less be more? -- 7. Optimizing repetition or: Do outstanding central exemplars help? -- 8. Input floods revisited -- References -- Subject index -- Appendix A

Sommario/riassunto

Based on a state-of-the-art review of prior research in all related domains, this book makes precise predictions about the expected effects of specific type and token frequency distributions in input floods and tests these in the second language classroom context.