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Crosslinguistic Influence in Second Language Acquisition
Rosa Alonso Alonso
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Description for Crosslinguistic Influence in Second Language Acquisition
Paperback. This collection provides an unprecedented insight into current approaches to the phenomenon of crosslinguistic influence (CLI) in SLA. Chapters investigate a variety of issues, structures and languages from different viewpoints to provide new perspectives on theoretical and empirical issues in CLI. Editor(s): Alonso Alonso, Rosa. Series: Second Language Acquisition. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFDC; CJC; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
This volume provides an unprecedented insight into current approaches to crosslinguistic influence (CLI). The collection investigates a range of themes including linguistic relativity, the possible contributions of neurolinguistics, the problem of cognitive development and the role of the frequency of structures in acquisition from distinct, overlapping and complementary perspectives. Chapters focusing on vocabulary, morphosyntactic categories, semantic structures, and phonetic and phonological structures feature in the volume, as do over 20 languages, in order to offer new insights into both theoretical and empirical issues in CLI, including the consequences of great or little similarity in structures between languages. The relevance of ... Read more
This volume provides an unprecedented insight into current approaches to crosslinguistic influence (CLI). The collection investigates a range of themes including linguistic relativity, the possible contributions of neurolinguistics, the problem of cognitive development and the role of the frequency of structures in acquisition from distinct, overlapping and complementary perspectives. Chapters focusing on vocabulary, morphosyntactic categories, semantic structures, and phonetic and phonological structures feature in the volume, as do over 20 languages, in order to offer new insights into both theoretical and empirical issues in CLI, including the consequences of great or little similarity in structures between languages. The relevance of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Second Language Acquisition
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783094813
SKU
V9781783094813
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Ref
99-15
About Rosa Alonso Alonso
Rosa Alonso Alonso holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Santiago de Compostela and works as an Associate Professor at the University of Vigo, Spain. Her research interests include crosslinguistic influence, motion events and academic writing. Since 2000 she has been the editor-in-chief of Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics.
Reviews for Crosslinguistic Influence in Second Language Acquisition
Compared to more substantial anthologies on the market, this collection in affordable, thought-provoking and topical, earning its place on personal bookshelves as much as within institutional libraries.
Simon Williams, University of Sussex, UK
BAAL News, 110, 2017
To improve our understanding of the role and nature of crosslinguistic influence remains a key task for research on SLA ... Read more
Simon Williams, University of Sussex, UK
BAAL News, 110, 2017
To improve our understanding of the role and nature of crosslinguistic influence remains a key task for research on SLA ... Read more