Comparative Perspectives on Language Acquisition

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Comparative Perspectives on Language Acquisition
Comparative Perspectives on Language Acquisition
Author : Marzena Watorek
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Language : English
Release Date : 09 January 2012
ISBN : 9781847696052
Pages : 625 pages
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Comparative Perspectives on Language Acquisition by Marzena Watorek Book PDF Summary

This volume aims to provide a broad view of second language acquisition within a comparative perspective that addresses results concerning adult and child learners across a variety of source and target languages. It brings together contributions at the forefront of language acquisition research that consider a wide range of open questions: What are the precise mechanisms underlying acquisition? How can we characterize learners’ initial state and predict their degree of final achievement? What role do specific (typological) properties of source and target languages play? How does fossilization occur? How does the relative complexity of cognitive systems in adult and child learners affect acquisition? Does language learning influence cognitive organization? Can language learning shed light on our general understanding of human language and language processing?

Comparative Perspectives on Language Acquisition

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This volume aims to provide a broad view of second language acquisition within a comparative perspective that addresses results concerning adult and child learners across a variety of source and target languages. It brings together contributions at the forefront of language acquisition research that consider a wide range of open

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Comparative Perspectives on Language Acquisition

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