Linguistic Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition

Bibliographic Data

ID23401574
AuthorsSusan M Ga (0000-0001-5222-3319)
EditorsSusan M Gass, Jacquelyn Schachter
Year2012
Publication date2012-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueLinguistic Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139524544
OpenAlexW2135444038
ISBN9781139524544
Open LibraryOL35816448M
LanguageEN
Citations received15

This volume explores how a second language is acquired and what learners must do in order to achieve proficiency. The paperback edition is a collection of original essays that approaches second language acquisition from a linguistic rather than a sociological, psychological, or purely pedagogical perspective. A wide range of viewpoints and approaches is represented. The essays in this book provide an incisive analysis of how a second language is acquired and what the second language learner must do mentally to achieve proficiency in another language. The chapters are arranged topically from those covering the broad area of theories of acquisition to those focusing specifically on syntax, semantics, pragmatics, lexicon, and phonology in another language.

Comprehension approach · Developmental linguistics · Language acquisition · Language education · Lexicon · Linguistics · Perspective (graphical) · Phonology · Pragmatics · Programming language · second language proficiency · Second-language acquisition · Semantics · Semantics (computer science) · Syntax · Viewpoints · Vocabulary · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Linguistics and Language Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Applied linguistics · Second language acquisition