Full Description
A comprehensive reference source, Handbook of Second Language Acquisition discusses the research, theory, and applications specific to second language acquisition. The book addresses: Issues of maturation and modularity; Language transfer between first and second languages; Neuropsychology of second language acquisition; Research and methodological issues in the study of second language acquisition; and language contact and its consequences.
Contents
W.C. Ritchie and T.K. Bhatia, Second Language AcquisitionFoundations, and Overview. Research and Theoretical Issues in Second Language AcquisitionK.R. Gregg, The Logical and Developmental Problems of Second Language Acquisition. Issues of Maturation and Modularity in Second Language AcquisitionL. White, Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition: Current Trends and New DirectionsS. Flynn, A Parameter-Setting Approach to Second Language AcquisitionJ. Schachter, Maturation and the Issue of Universal Grammar in Second Language AcquisitionF.R. Eckman, A Functional-Typological Approach to Second Language Acquisition TheoryB. McLaughlin and R. Heredia, Information-Processing Approaches to Research on Second Language Acquisition and UseD. Preston, Variationist Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. Second Language Speech and the Influence of the First LanguageJ. Leather and A. James, Second Language SpeechS. Gass, Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory: The Role of Language Transfer. Research Methodology and ApplicationsD. Nunan, Issues in Second Language Acquisition Research: Examining Substance and ProcedureA. Sorace, The Use of Acceptability Judgments in Second Language Acquisition Research. Modality and the Linguistic Environment in Second Language AcquisitionM.H. Long, The Role of the Linguistic Environment in Second Language AcquisitionG.P. Berent, The Acquisition of English Syntax by Deaf Learners. The Neuropsychology of Second Language Acquisition and UseL.K. Obler and S. Hannigan, Neurolinguistics of Second Language Acquisition and Use. Language Contact and its ConsequencesR.W. Anderson and Y. Shirai, The Primacy of Aspect in First and Second Language Acquisition: The Pidgin-Creole ConnectionS. Romaine, BilingualismH.W. Seliger, Primary Language Attrition in the Context of BilingualismT.K. Bhatia and W.C. Ritchie, Bilingual Language Mixing, Universal Grammar, and Second Language AcquisitionGlossaryAuthor IndexSubject Index
