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9780465032815

In Other Words The Science And Psychology Of Second-language Acquisition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780465032815

  • ISBN10:

    0465032818

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1995-10-20
  • Publisher: Basic Books
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Summary

More than five thousand languages are currently spoken around the globe. Learning to speak one of them is virtually effortless for most of us, so why is it commonly so difficult to learn a second language? Unraveling this mystery, two top researchers in the field explain how language acquisition can be an odyssey of self-discovery.

Author Biography

Ellen Bialystok is professor of psychology at York University in Toronto and the author of three books, including Communicaiton Strategies and Language Processing in Bilingual Children. Kenji Hakuta is professor of education and linguistics at Stanford University and the author of The Mirror of Language. Ellen Bialystok is professor of psychology at York University in Toronto and the author of three books, including Communicaiton Strategies and Language Processing in Bilingual Children. Kenji Hakuta is professor of education and linguistics at Stanford University and the author of The Mirror of Language.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
1 FIRST WORD
1(10)
2 LANGUAGE
11(40)
3 BRAIN
51(36)
4 MIND
87(37)
5 SELF
124(36)
6 CULTURE
160(44)
7 LAST WORD
204(17)
References 221(18)
Index 239

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