The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics

This handbook provides an integrated discussion of key issues in second language acquisition (SLA). The 24 chapters include the following: (1) "The Scope of Inquiry and the Goals of SLA" (Catherine J. Doughty and Michael H. Long); (2) "On the Nature of Interlanguage Representation: Un...

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Main Authors Doughty, Catherine J., Ed, Long, Michael H., Ed
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Blackwell Publishing 2003
Subjects
Authentic Learning
Cognitive Processes
Data Collection
Elementary Secondary Education
Grammar
Higher Education
Incidental Learning
Intentional Learning
Interlanguage
Language Contact
Language Processing
Language Research
Memory
Native Speakers
Second Language Learning
Socialization
Universal Grammar
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Summary:This handbook provides an integrated discussion of key issues in second language acquisition (SLA). The 24 chapters include the following: (1) "The Scope of Inquiry and the Goals of SLA" (Catherine J. Doughty and Michael H. Long); (2) "On the Nature of Interlanguage Representation: Universal Grammar in the Second Language" (Lydia White); (3) "The Radical Middle: Nativism without Universal Grammar" (William O'Grady); (4) "Constructions, Chunking, and Connectionism: The Emergence of Second Language Structure" (Nick C. Ellis); (5) "Cognitive Processes in Second Language Learners and Bilinguals: The Development of Lexical and Conceptual Representations" (Judith F. Kroll and Gretchen Sunderman); (6) "Near-Nativeness" (Antonella Sorace); (7) "Language Socialization in SLA" (Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo and Sarah Nielsen); (8) "Social Context" (Jeff Siegel); (9) "Input and Interaction" (Susan M. Gass); (10) "Instructed SLA: Constraints, Compensation, and Enhancement" (Catherine J. Doughty); (11) "Implicit and Explicit Learning" (Robert DeKeyser); (12) "Incidental and Intentional Learning" (Jan H. Hulstijn); (13) "Automaticity and Second Languages" (Normal Segalowitz); (14) "Variation" (Suzanne Romaine); (15) "Cross-Linguistic Influence" (Terence Odlin); (16) "Stabilization and Fossilization in Interlanguage Development" (Michael H. Long); (17) "Maturational Constraints in SLA" (Kennety Hyltenstam and Niclas Abrahamsson); (18) "Individual Differences in Second Language Learning" (Zoltan Dornyei and Peter Skehan); (19) "Attention and Memory During SLA" (Peter Robinson); (20)"Language Processing Capacity" (Manfred Pienemann); (21) "Defining and Measuring SLA" (John Norris and Lourdes Ortega); (22) "Data Collection in SLA Research" (Craig Chaudron); (23) "SLA Theory: Construction and Assessment" (Kevin R. Gregg); and (23) "SLA and Cognitive Science" (Michael H. Long and Catherine J. Doughty). (Papers contain references.) (SM)
ISBN:9780631217541
0631217541