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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Stefano RastelliPublisher: Channel View Publications Ltd Imprint: Multilingual Matters Volume: 80 Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9781783092468ISBN 10: 1783092467 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 12 September 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Second Language Acquisition facit faltus ('takes a leap') 2. Discontinuity as Chunks Feed into Grammar 3. Discontinuity in the Maturing and in the Adapting Brain 4. Discontinuity and the Neurocognition of Second Language 5. Statistical Learning of a Second Language 6. Parts of L2 Grammar that Resist Statistical Learning Conclusions ReferencesReviewsThe first quality distinguishing the Italian psycholinguist Stefano Rastelli s book Discontinuity in Second Language Acquisition: The Switch between Statistical and Grammatical Learning (henceforth, Discontinuity) is its coherence as a single-author volume focused entirely on SLA, predominantly by adults. The second is the breadth and depth of Rastelli s knowledge of current theory and research in linguistics, cognitive psychology, neurolinguistics, and SLA, and his ability to synthesize and integrate work from all four. The third is the originality of his perspective.--Michael H. Long, University of Maryland, US Applied Linguistics 2016: 1 8 The first quality?distinguishing the Italian psycholinguist Stefano Rastelli s book Discontinuity?in Second Language Acquisition: The Switch between Statistical and Grammatical?Learning (henceforth, Discontinuity) is its coherence as a single-author?volume focused entirely on SLA, predominantly by adults. The second is the?breadth and depth of Rastelli s knowledge of current theory and research in?linguistics, cognitive psychology, neurolinguistics, and SLA, and his ability to?synthesize and integrate work from all four. The third is the originality of his?perspective. - Michael H. Long, University of Maryland, US - Applied Linguistics 2016: 1 8 Author InformationStefano Rastelli teaches Second Language Acquisition at the Universities of Pavia and Verona, Italy. He is an associate member of CAROLE (Center for Advanced Research and Outreach in Language Education), University of Greenwich. His research focuses on second language processing and syntactic theory and he has published numerous research articles in international journals. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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