The Handbook Of Second Language Acquisition

by Doughty, Catherine J.; Long, Michael H.

• ISBN13: 9781405132817
• ISBN10: 1405132817
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-10
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition research. Discusses the biological and cognitive underpinnings of SLA, mechanisms, processes, and constraints on SLA, the level of ultimate attainment, research methods, and the status of SLA as a cognitive science. Includes contributions from twenty-seven of the world's leading scholars. Provides an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychology, applied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitive science.

Author Biography

Catherine J. Doughty is Associate Research Director for SLA at the Center for the Advanced Study of Language at the University of Maryland.

Michael H. Long is Professor of SLA and Director of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	viii
Acknowledgments	x
I Overview	1	(16)
The Scope of Inquiry and Goals of SLA	3	(14)
Catherine J. Doughty
Michael H. Long
II Capacity and Representation	17	(136)
On the Nature of Interlanguage Representation: Universal Grammar in the Second Language	19	(24)
Lydia White
The Radical Middle: Nativism without Universal Grammar	43	(20)
William O'Grady
Constructions, Chunking, and Connectionism: The Emergence of Second Language Structure	63	(41)
Nick C. Ellis
Cognitive Processes in Second Language Learners and Bilinguals: The Development of Lexical and Conceptual Representations	104	(26)
Judith F. Kroll
Gretchen Sunderman
Near-Nativeness	130	(23)
Antonella Sorace
III Environments for SLA	153	(158)
Language Socialization in SLA	155	(23)
Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo
Sarah Nielsen
Social Context	178	(46)
Jeff Siegel
Input and Interaction	224	(32)
Susan M. Gass
Instructed SLA: Constraints, Compensation, and Enhancement	256	(55)
Catherine J. Doughty
IV Processes in SLA	311	(226)
Implicit and Explicit Learning	313	(36)
Robert DeKeyser
Incidental and Intentional Learning	349	(33)
Jan H. Hulstijn
Automaticity and Second Languages	382	(27)
Norman Segalowitz
Variation	409	(27)
Suzanne Romaine
Cross-Linguistic Influence	436	(51)
Terence Odlin
Stabilization and Fossilization in Interlanguage Development	487	(50)
Michael H. Long
V Biological and Psychological Constraints	537	(178)
Maturational Constraints in SLA	539	(50)
Kenneth Hyltenstam
Niclas Abrahamsson
Individual Differences in Second Language Learning	589	(42)
Zoltan Dornyei
Peter Skehan
Attention and Memory during SLA	631	(48)
Peter Robinson
Language Processing Capacity	679	(36)
Manfred Pienemann
VI Research Methods	715	(114)
Defining and Measuring SLA	717	(45)
John Norris
Lourdes Ortega
Data Collection in SLA Research	762	(67)
Craig Chaudron
VII The State of SLA	829	(42)
SLA Theory: Construction and Assessment	831	(35)
Kevin R. Gregg
SLA and Cognitive Science	866	(5)
Michael H. Long
Catherine J. Doughty
Index	871