First and Second Language Acquisition
Parallels and Differences
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- Author: Jürgen M. Meisel, Universität Hamburg
- Date Published: July 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521552943
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Infants and very young children develop almost miraculously the ability of speech, without apparent effort, without even being taught - as opposed to the teenager or the adult struggling without, it seems, ever being able to reach the same level of proficiency as five year olds in their first language. This useful textbook serves as a guide to different types of language acquisition: monolingual and bilingual first language development and child and adult second language acquisition. Unlike other books, it systematically compares first and second language acquisition, drawing on data from several languages. Research questions and findings from various subfields are helpfully summarized to show students how they are related and how they often complement each other. The essential guide to studying first and second language acquisition, it will be used on courses in linguistics, modern languages and developmental psychology.
Read more- Each chapter includes suggested reading and topics for further discussion
- Summarizes research questions and findings from various subfields to demonstrate how they are related and how they often complement each other
- A useful glossary at the end of the book provides a guide to the technical terms
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'… an excellent textbook on similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, but also an insightful and provocative synthesis of research on this topic.' Fred Genesee, McGill University
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- Date Published: July 2011
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521552943
- length: 322 pages
- dimensions: 255 x 181 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.77kg
- contains: 3 b/w illus. 9 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. The quest for the LAD
2. First language development - Universal Grammar as the centerpiece of the human language making capacity
3. Obvious (observable) similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition - developmental sequences
4. The initial state and beyond
5. Developing grammatical knowledge - parameter setting and inductive learning
6. Neural maturation and age - opening and closing windows of opportunities
7. A (tentative) theory of language acquisition - L1, 2L1, and L2.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Acquisition of Syntax
- CULTURAL LANGUAGE VARIATIONS
- Emergent/Early Literacy
- First and Second Language Acquisition
- Formal Approaches to Language Acquisition
- How do people learn a second language
- Introduction to Language Acquisition and Diversity
- Language Acquisition
- Language Acquisition Theories
- Linguistic Theory and Second Language Acquisition
- Principles & Issues of 2nd Language Acquisition
- Research methods in second language acquisition
- SPAN/TESL Second Language Acquisition
- Second Language Acquisition and ELL
- Speech, Language and Literacy Development
- Topics in Spanish Linguistics
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