Investigating Second Language Acquisition

by Jordens, Peter; Lalleman, Josine A.

• ISBN13: 9783110151503
• ISBN10: 3110151502
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Walter De Gruyter Inc

Summary

The book concerns theoretical, interdisciplinary and methodological issues in L2 acquisition research. It gives an accurate and up-to-date overview of high quality work currently in progress in research methodology, processing, principles and parameters theory, phonology, the bilingual lexicon, input and instruction. The volume will have the purpose of a handbook for teachers, students and researchers in the area of second language acquisition. The aim is to provide the reader with an acquisition perspective on processes of second and foreign language learning.

Table of Contents

The state of the art in second language acquisition research	p. 3
Crosslinguistic influence with special reference to the acquisition of grammar	p. 71
Second language acquisition by adult immigrants: A multiple case study of Turkish and Moroccan learners of Dutch	p. 87
Some experimental tasks in the study of word recognition	p. 117
Strategies	p. 135
Universal grammar in second language acquisition	p. 167
Are there principles of universal grammar that do not apply to second language acquisition?	p. 187
Parameters in non-native language acquisition	p. 211
Parameter setting and the acquisition of wh-questions in L2 French	p. 237
A new research programme for the L2 acquisition of phonology	p. 263
Second language phonology	p. 293
Speech perception and L2 phonological acquisition	p. 321
Lexicon and grammar in second language learning	p. 357
The lexicon in second language acquisition	p. 381
Input and instruction in second language acquisition	p. 407
Index	p. 451
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