Second language acquisition 1st Edition by Slabakova 0191072192 9780191072192

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• ISBN 10: 0191072192
• ISBN 13: 9780191072192
• Author: Slabakova 

This textbook approaches second language acquisition from the perspective of generative linguistics. Roumyana Slabakova reviews and discusses paradigms and findings from the last thirty years of research in the field, focussing in particular on how the second or additional language is represented in the mind and how it is used in communication. The adoption and analysis of a specific model of acquisition, the Bottleneck Hypothesis, provides a unifying perspective. The book assumes some non-technical knowledge of linguistics, but important concepts are clearly introduced and defined throughout, making it a valuable resource not only for undergraduate and graduate students of linguistics, but also for researchers in cognitive science and language teachers.

Table of contents:

Part I: Language

1: Language architecture

2: Language variation

3: The psychological reality of language in use

Part II: Language Acquisition

4: The Critical Period Hypothesis

5: First language acquisition, two first languages

6: Child second language, multilingual and heritage language acquisition, language attrition

Part III: Second Language Acquisition

7: Acquisition of (functional) morphology

8: Acquisition of syntax

9: Acquisition of the mental lexicon

10: Acquisition of the syntax-semantics interface

11: Acquisition of the syntax-discourse and semantics-pragmatics interfaces

12: L2 processing

13: The Bottleneck Hypothesis and its implications for the second language classroom

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