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Morphosyntactic Issues in Second Language Acquisition
Multilingual Matters 2008; US$ 89.95Presents a selection of second language acquisition studies at the level of morphosyntax. This work looks at different aspects of morphosyntactic development of bilingual language learners/users such as language transfer, syntactic processing, morphology and the pragmatics of language, among others. more...
Grammar Acquisition and Processing Instruction
Multilingual Matters 2008; US$ 59.95Presents the results of a series of experimental studies investigating possible secondary and cumulative effects of Processing Instruction on the acquisition of French, Italian and English as a second language. more...
Multiple Perspectives on Interaction
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 45.95This volume in honor of Susan M. Gass focuses on interaction in second language acquisition from multiple perspectives. International experts in the field of SLA contribute insights and explanations on the interaction approach's compatibility with other theoretical approaches, key empirical studies, interaction in specific contexts, and future directions.... more...
Language Development Over the Lifespan
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 62.95Language Development Over the Lifespan is a reference resource for those conducting research on language development and the aging process, and a supplementary textbook for courses in applied linguistics/bilingualism programs that focus on language attrition/aging and adult literacy development in second languages. It offers an integrative approach... more...
Rationality and the Literate Mind
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 136.00This book re-examines the old debate about the relationship between rationality and literacy. Does writing "restructure consciousness?" Do preliterate societies have a different "mind-set" from literate societies? Is reason "built in" to the way we think? How is literacy related to numeracy? Is the "logical form" that Western philosophers recognize... more...
First Language Acquisition
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 39.00This new edition of Eve Clark's highly successful textbook focuses on children's acquisition of a first language. more...
Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self
Channel View Publications 2009; US$ 69.95With contributions by leading European, North American and Asian scholars, this volume offers a comprehensive anthology of conceptual and empirical papers describing the latest developments in L2 motivation research that involves the reframing of motivation in the context of contemporary notions of self and identity. more...
Input Matters in SLA
Channel View Publications 2008; US$ 59.95This volume bridges the knowledge gap between second language acquisition researchers and second language pedagogy professionals in its focus on a topic of mutual interest: input. The reader-friendly contributions from seasoned researchers including Stephen Krashen, Bill VanPatten and new voices offer a wide range of existing and new perspectives on... more...
The Acquisition of Finiteness
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 133.00The book provides a theoretical and empirical evaluation of a field that has been the focus of generative theories on language acquisition: the acquisition of finiteness and related properties such as root infinitives, verb movement and null subjects. It contains a critical empirical assessment of the various hypotheses, lists the implications for... more...
Meaning in the Second Language
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00The book examines which linguistic properties are hard and which are easy to acquire when learning a second language. The Bottleneck Hypothesis is proposed, which states that inflectional morphemes and their features present the most formidable challenge to learners, while syntax and phrasal semantics pose less difficulty. The numerous empirical studies... more...









