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Author:   Rosa Alonso Alonso
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Volume:   95
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781783094820

ISBN 10:   1783094826
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   11 January 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface 1. Terence Odlin: Was There Really Ever a Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis? 2. Vivian Cook: Transfer and the Relationship between the Languages of Multi-competence 3. Hakan Ringbom: Comprehension, Learning and Production of Foreign Languages: The Role of Transfer 4. John A. Lucy: The Implications of Linguistic Relativity for Language Learning 5. Rena Helms-Park and Vedran Dronjic: Crosslinguistic Lexical Influence: Cognate Facilitation 6. Rosa Alonso Alonso, Teresa Cadierno and Scott Jarvis: Crosslinguistic Influence in the Acquisition of Spatial Prepositions in English as a Foreign Language 7. Jeanine Treffers-Daller and Xu Ziyan: Can Classroom Learners use Statistical Learning? A New Perspective on Motion Event Construal in a Second Language 8. Monika Ekiert and Zhaohong Han: L1-fraught Difficulty: The Case of L2 Acquisition of English Articles by Slavic Speakers 9. Panos Athanasopoulos and Bastien Boutonnet: Learning Grammatical Gender in a Second Language Changes Categorization of Inanimate Objects: Replications and New Evidence from English Learners of L2 French 10. Ulrike Jessner, Manon Megens and Stefanie Graus: Crosslinguistic Influence in Third Language Acquisition 11. Janusz Arabski and Adam Wojtaszek: Contemporary Perspectives in Crosslinguistic Influence

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The best minds working on crosslinguistic influence are gathered in this collection.The result is a fascinating empirical and intellectual journey of this field that all second language acquisition and bilingualism researchers must read! Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University, USA; To improve our understanding of the role and nature of crosslinguistic influence remains a key task for research on SLA and bilingualism studies. This exciting volume presents new perspectives on this issue by leading scholars in the field, covering a wide range of topics, methods, and theoretical positions. It will be of interest to researchers, teachers and students alike. - Marianne Gullberg, Lund University, Sweden

To improve our understanding of the role and nature of crosslinguistic influence remains a key task for research on SLA and bilingualism studies. This exciting volume presents new perspectives on this issue by leading scholars in the field, covering a wide range of topics, methods, and theoretical positions. It will be of interest to researchers, teachers and students alike. - Marianne Gullberg, Lund University, Sweden

Author Information

Rosa Alonso Alonso holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Santiago de Compostela and works as an Associate Professor at the University of Vigo, Spain. Her research interests include crosslinguistic influence, motion events and academic writing. Since 2000 she has been the editor-in-chief of Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics.

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