Adult Language Acquisition: Volume 2, the Results: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780521417099 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 300 str.

Clive Perdue; Clive Perdue

Opis

These two volumes present the methodology and results of an international research project on second language acquisition. The project studied the structure and success of the acquisition process in adult learners, and the explanatory factors behind these phenomena. It places the study of second languages and inter-ethnic discourse on a firm empirical footing. Volume II summarizes the crosslinguistic results.

Recenzje

"All in all, this was clearly a valuable project whose results will be referred to widely. The two volumes will be of particular interest to acquisition researchers working within a functional framework." Canadian Journal of Linguistics

Spis treści

Part I. Production: 1. Utterance structure; 2. Word-formation processes; 3. The acquisition of temporality; 4. Reference to space in learne varieties; Part II. 5. Ways of achieving understanding; 6. Feedback in second language acquisition; Part III. 7. Adult language acquisition; 8. Conclusion: learner varieties and theoretical linguistics.