Language acquisition books

3367 books were found.

The Speckled People

The Speckled People

Author: Hugo Hamilton
ISBN: 9780007148110
Format: Paperback
$22.95

A memoir about a young boy growing up in Dublin and his family's homesickness for a country they can call their...  Read More >>

Factivity: Its Nature and Acquisition

Factivity: Its Nature and Acquisition

Author: Petra Schulz
ISBN: 9783484304802
Format: Hardback
$188.67

Challenging existing lexical-semantic accounts, this book presents a compositional approach to factivity and its...  Read More >>

Dynamical Grammar

Dynamical Grammar

Author: Peter W. Culicover (, Ohio State University) ,  Andrzej Nowak (, Florida Atlantic University)
ISBN: 9780198700258
Format: Paperback
$119.95

Dynamical Grammar explores the consequences for language acquisition, language evolution, and linguistic theory...  Read More >>

Dynamical Grammar

Dynamical Grammar

Author: Peter W. Culicover (, Ohio State University) ,  Andrzej Nowak (, Florida Atlantic University)
ISBN: 9780198700265
Format: Hardback
$300.95

This text explores the consequences for language acquisition, evolution and theory of taking the underlying architecture...  Read More >>

Information Structure and the Dynamics of Language Acquisition

Information Structure and the Dynamics of Language Acquisition...

Author: Christine Dimroth (Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen) ,  Marianne Starren (University of Nijmegen)
ISBN: 9789027241375
Format: Hardback
$261.34

The papers in this volume focus on the impact of information structure on language acquisition, thereby taking different...  Read More >>

The Lexicon–Syntax Interface in Second Language Acquisition

The Lexicon–Syntax Interface in Second Language Acquisition...

Author: Roeland van Hout (University of Nijmegen) ,  Aafke Hulk (University of Amsterdam)
ISBN: 9789027224996
Format: Hardback
$214.76

This volume covers topics including: second language research in search of an interface; L1 features in the L2 output;...  Read More >>

Language Use in Ethiopia from a Network Perspective: Results of a Sociolinguistic Survey Conducted Among High School Students

Language Use in Ethiopia from a Network Perspective:...

Author: Ronny Meyer ,  Renate Richter
ISBN: 9783631502594
Format: Paperback
$105.44

This publication describes the usage of languages in the multilingual society of Ethiopia. It is based on empirical...  Read More >>

Second Language Speech Perception and Production: Acquisition of Phonological Contrasts in Japanese

Second Language Speech Perception and Production: Acquisition...

Author: Takako Toda
ISBN: 9780761825869
Format: Hardback
$148.95

This study examines the acquisition of phonological duration contrast in Japanese, and aims to contribute to second...  Read More >>

(In)vulnerable Domains in Multilingualism

(In)vulnerable Domains in Multilingualism

Author: Natascha Müller (University of Hamburg)
ISBN: 9789027219213
Format: Hardback
$163.01

Although most researchers agree on the existence of vulnerable and invulnerable domains in language acquisition,...  Read More >>

English Core Linguistics: Essays in Honour of D. J. Allerton

English Core Linguistics: Essays in Honour of D. J....

Author: Cornelia Tschichold
ISBN: 9783906770987
Format: Paperback
$195.36

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Pragmatic Development in a Second Language

Pragmatic Development in a Second Language

Author: Gabriele Kasper (University of Hawaii, USA) ,  Kenneth R. Rose (City University of Hong Kong)
ISBN: 9780631234302
Format: Paperback
$77.95

* The first book-length treatment of second and foreign language learners acquisition of pragmatics. * Comprehensive...  Read More >>

Input-based Phonological Acquisition

Input-based Phonological Acquisition

Author: Tania Zamuner
ISBN: 9780415967891
Format: Hardback
$181.00

This book provides an analysis of two theories of language acquisition: the theory that acquisition is primarily...  Read More >>

Attitudes, Orientations, and Motivations in Language Learning: Advances in Theory, Research, and Applications

Attitudes, Orientations, and Motivations in Language...

Author: Zoltan Dornyei (University of Nottingham)
ISBN: 9781405111164
Format: Paperback
$90.95

* Discusses and dissects the intriguingly complex characteristic of motivation in the process of language learning....  Read More >>

Child Language Development: Learning to Talk

Child Language Development: Learning to Talk

Author: Sandra Bochner ,  Jane Jones
ISBN: 9781861563798
Format: Paperback
$111.95

This publication is concerned with the early stages of language acquisition and is designed for use by early childhood...  Read More >>

Language Learning: A Lifelong Process

Language Learning: A Lifelong Process

Author: Joseph Foley ,  Linda Thompson
ISBN: 9780340762820
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Provides an introduction to language development that differs from existing books in that it traces language and...  Read More >>

Spanish Second Language Acquisition: State of the Science

Spanish Second Language Acquisition: State of the Science...

Author: Barbara A. Lafford ,  Rafael Salaberry
ISBN: 9780878409075
Format: Paperback
$116.00

Suitable for undergraduate and graduate programs that focus on the acquisition of Spanish as a second language,...  Read More >>

Acquisition in Interlanguage Pragmatics: Learning how to do things with words in a study abroad context

Acquisition in Interlanguage Pragmatics: Learning how...

Author: Anne Barron (University of Bonn)
ISBN: 9789027253507
Format: Hardback
$271.69

This study concerns a longitudinal study in which the development of the L2 pragmatic competence of a group of 32...  Read More >>

Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages of Semitic, Root-Based, Morphology

Language Processing and Acquisition in Languages of...

Author: Joseph Shimron (University of Haifa)
ISBN: 9789027224965
Format: Hardback
$282.04

"This title discusses the representation of semitic words in the mental lexicon of semitic language speakers. It...  Read More >>

Audible Difference: ESL and Social Identities in Schools

Audible Difference: ESL and Social Identities in Schools...

Author: Jennifer Miller
ISBN: 9781853596414
Format: Paperback
$92.27

This book is about the relationship between learning English as an additional language and the ways in which immigrant...  Read More >>

Audible Difference: ESL and Social Identities in Schools

Audible Difference: ESL and Social Identities in Schools...

Author: Jennifer Miller
ISBN: 9781853596421
Format: Hardback
$343.07

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The Language of Children

The Language of Children

Author: Julia Gillen (Lancaster University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415286213
Format: Paperback
$39.00

This volume introduces the key theories of language acquisition and provides a historical overview of the subject;...  Read More >>

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