The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)

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. Presents An Integrated Discussion Of Key And Sometimes Controversial Issues In Second Language Acquisition (sla) Research. The Chapters Are Written By 26 Of The World's Leading Scholars And Reflect The Diversity And Technicality That Have Come To Characterize Sla Research. The Scope Of Inquiry And Goals Of Sla / Catherine J. Doughty And Michael H. Long -- On The Nature Of Interlanguage Representation : Universal Grammar In The Second Language / Lydia White -- The Radical Middle : Nativism Without Universal Grammar / William O'grady -- Constructions, Chunking, And Connectionism : The Emergence Of Second Language Structure / Nick C. Ellis -- Cognitive Processes In Second Language Learners And Bilinguals : The Development Of Lexical And Conceptual Representations / Judith F. Kroll And Gretchen Sunderman -- Near-nativeness / Antonella Sorace -- Language Socialization In Sla / Karen Ann Watson-gegeo And Sarah Nielsen -- Social Context / Jeff Siegel -- Input And Interaction / Susan M. Gass -- Instructed Sla : Constraints, Compensation, And Enhancement / Catherine J. Doughty -- Implicit And Explicit Learning / Robert Dekeyser -- Incidental And Intentional Learning / Jan H. Hulstijn -- Automaticity And Second Languages / Norman Segalowitz -- Variation / Suzanne Romaine -- Cross-linguistic Influence / Terence Odlin -- Stabilization And Fossilization In Interlanguage Development / Michael H. Long -- Maturational Constraints In Sla / Kenneth Hyltenstam And Niclas Abrahamsson -- Individual Differences In Second Language Learning / Zoltán Dörnyei And Peter Skehan -- Attention And Memory During Sla / Peter Robinson -- Language Processing Capacity / Manfred Pienemann -- Defining And Measuring Sla / John Norris And Lourdes Ortega -- Data Collection In Sla Research / Craig Chaudron -- Sla Theory : Construction And Assessment / Kevin R. Gregg -- Sla And Cognitive Science / Michael H. Long And Catherine J. Doughty. Edited By Catherine J. Doughty And Michael H. Long. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Presents an integrated discussion of key and sometimes controversial issues in second language acquisition (SLA) research. The chapters are written by 26 of the world's leading scholars and reflect the diversity and technicality that have come to characterize SLA research. 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. The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition (SLA) research. Written by 27 of the world s leading scholars, the chapters reflect the diversity and technicality that have come to characterize SLA research. Topics discussed include 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. This volume is an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychology, applied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitive science The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition (SLA) research. Written by twenty-seven of the world's leading scholars, the chapters reflect the diversity and technicality that have come to characterize SLA research. Topics discussed include 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. This volume is an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychology, applied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitive science.

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.

This volume presents an integrated discussion of key and sometimes controversial issues in second language acquisition (SLA) research. The chapters are written by 26 of the world's leading scholars and reflect the diversity and technicality that have come to characterize SLA research This handbook presents an integrated discussion of key and sometimes controversial issues in second language (SLA) acquisition research. The chapters, written by 26 of the world's leading scholars, reflect the diversity and technicality that have come to characterize SLA research