First and Second Language Acquisition : Parallels and Differences /

"Infants and very young children develop almost miraculously the ability of speech, without apparent effort, without even being taught - as opposed to the teenager or the adult struggling without, it seems, ever being able to reach the same level of proficiency as five year olds in their first...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Meisel, Jürgen M., 1944- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Francés
Alemán
Publié: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©2011.
Collection:Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.
Sujets:
Second language acquisition.
Language and languages > Study and teaching.
Langue seconde > Acquisition.
Langage et langues > Étude et enseignement.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > General.
Spracherwerb
Fremdsprachenlernen
Language acquisition.
Language acquisition > Bilingualism.
Andraspråksinlärning.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. The quest for the LAD; 2. First language development
  • Universal Grammar as the centerpiece of the human language making capacity; 3. Obvious (observable) similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition
  • developmental sequences; 4. The initial state and beyond; 5. Developing grammatical knowledge
  • parameter setting and inductive learning; 6. Neural maturation and age
  • opening and closing windows of opportunities; 7. A (tentative) theory of language acquisition
  • L1, 2L1, and L2.

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