Overview

This textbook approaches second language acquisition from the perspective of generative linguistics. Roumyana Slabakova reviews and discusses paradigms and findings from the last thirty years of research in the field, focussing in particular on how the second or additional language is represented in the mind and how it is used in communication. The adoption and analysis of a specific model of acquisition, the Bottleneck Hypothesis, provides a unifying perspective. The book assumes some non-technical knowledge of linguistics, but important concepts are clearly introduced and defined throughout, making it a valuable resource not only for undergraduate and graduate students of linguistics, but also for researchers in cognitive science and language teachers.

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Author:   Roumyana Slabakova (Chair of Applied Linguistics, Chair of Applied Linguistics, University of Southampton)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.30cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   1.032kg
ISBN:  

9780199687268

ISBN 10:   0199687269
Pages:   506
Publication Date:   17 March 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface List of abbreviations Part I: Language 1: Language architecture 2: Language variation 3: The psychological reality of language in use Part II: Language Acquisition 4: The Critical Period Hypothesis 5: First language acquisition with two first languages 6: Child second language, multilingual and heritage language acquisition, and language attrition Part III: Second Language Acquisition 7: Acquisition of (functional) morphology 8: Acquisition of syntax 9: Acquisition of the mental lexicon 10: Acquisition of the syntax-semantics interface 11: Acquisition of the syntax-discourse and semantics-pragmatics interfaces 12: L2 processing 13: The Bottleneck Hypothesis and its implications for the second language classroom Glossary References Index

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This book is intended for a broad audience: undergraduate students who want to explore the field of SLA; graduate students who are involved with applied linguistics and language teaching; and teachers who want to understand better how L2 learners learn in different contexts... --Linguist List

"""This book is intended for a broad audience: undergraduate students who want to explore the field of SLA; graduate students who are involved with applied linguistics and language teaching; and teachers who want to understand better how L2 learners learn in different contexts...""--Linguist List"

Author Information

Roumyana Slabakova is Professor and Chair of Applied Linguistics at the University of Southampton, UK, where she is Director of the Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR). Her research interests are in the second language acquisition of meaning, more specifically phrasal-semantic, discourse, and pragmatic meanings, as well as generative linguistics research applied to language teaching. Her publications include Telicity in the Second Language (Benjamins 2001) and Meaning in the Second Language (Mouton de Gruyter 2008). She is the founding co-editor of the journal Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism and also co-edits the journal Second Language Research.

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