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Processes in third language acquisition /

This volume brings together six case studies of an adult multilingual speaker who acquires a new language through social interaction. The book deals especially with the multilingual situation, the learner's acquisitional activities, and the involvement of background languages in the process of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hammarberg, Björn, 1935-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of tables; Introduction; Chapter 1 A study of third language acquisition; Chapter 2 Language switches in L3 production: Implications for a polyglot speaking model; Chapter 3 Re-setting the basis of articulation in the acquisition of new languages: A third language case study; Chapter 4 The learner's word acquisition attempts in conversation; Chapter 5 Activation of L1 and L2 during production in L3: A comparison of two case studies.
  • Chapter 6 The factor 'perceived crosslinguistic similarity' in third language production: How does it work?Appendix 1: Key to transcription; Appendix 2: SW's narration of the picture story Hunden 'The dog'; References; Index.