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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968110603321

Autore

Alhawary Mohammad T

Titolo

Arabic second language acquisition of morphosyntax / / Mohammad T. Alhawary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT ; ; London, : Yale University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-300-15915-3

9786612352638

1-282-35263-6

1-282-08974-9

9786612089749

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Disciplina

492.7/5/019

Soggetti

Arabic language - Morphosyntax

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Transliteration Symbols -- Abbreviations -- 1. Description Of Target Morphosyntactic Structures -- 2. Existing Arabic Second Language Acquisition Research -- 3. The Acquisition of Gender Agreement -- 4. The Acquisition of Tense/Aspect And Verbal Agreement -- 5. The Acquisition of Null Subjects -- 6. The Acquisition of Negation, Mood, and Case -- 7. Theoretical Implications -- 8. Pedagogical and Applied Implications -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

While the demand for Arabic classes and preparation programs for Arabic language teachers has increased, there is a notable gap in the field of linguistic research on learning Arabic as a second language. Arabic Second Language Acquisition of Morphosyntax presents a data-driven and systematic analysis of Arabic language acquisition that responds to this growing need. Based on large data samples collected from longitudinal and cross-sectional studies, this book explores a broad range of structures and acquisition issues. It also introduces new and comprehensive research, and it documents the successes and



problems that native speakers of other languages, including English, Spanish, French, and Japanese, are likely to encounter in learning Arabic. By integrating previously published findings with new research, the author has created a unified and streamlined resource for teachers, teachers-in-training, linguists, Arabic textbook authors, and second-language acquisition experts.