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Second Language Acquisition eBook Series

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  • Linguistic and Cultural Acquisition in a Migrant Community

    Edited by Prof. David Singleton, Prof. Vera Regan, Ewelina Debaene ...
    Series Book 69 - Second Language Acquisition
    This book provides a linguistic and cultural profile of the Polish diasporic communities in three different European countries: Ireland, France and Austria. The eight contributing chapters present original research on the acquisition and use of the languages of the respective host communities and also explore related elements of cultural acquisition. A number of aspects of second language ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • The New Psychology of Language

    Cognitive and Functional Approaches To Language Structure, Volume II

    Edited by Michael Tomasello ...
    From the point of view of psychology and cognitive science, much of modern linguistics is too formal and mathematical to be of much use. The newly emerging approaches to language termed, "Functional and Cognitive Linguistics," however, are much less formally oriented. Instead, functional and cognitive approaches to language structure are typically couched in terms already familiar to cognitive ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Dark Matter of the Mind

    The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

    by Daniel L. Everett ...
    From a linguist and anthropologist, "a fascinating argument" about culture, cognition, and the concept of human nature ( Choice).Is it in our nature to be altruistic, or evil, to make art, use tools, or create language? Is it in our nature to think in any particular way? For Daniel L. Everett, the answer is a resounding no: it isn't in our nature to do any of these things because human nature does ... Read more

    $24.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Psychology for Language Learning

    Insights from Research, Theory and Practice

    Edited by S. Mercer, S. Ryan, M. Williams ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Offering a timely snapshot of current theory and research in the field of psychology in foreign language learning, this book is accessible to both specialists and non-specialists. Each chapter focuses on a different psychological construct and provides an overview of current thinking in the area drawing on insights from educational psychology. ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Neurolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives on SLA

    by ARABSKI, Janusz, WOJTASZEK, Adam ...
    Neurolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives on SLA is a collection of twelve chapters, reporting on research results and presenting theoretical insights into the processes of language acquisition. The first part outlines the neurobiological processes which assist formation of additional language in the brain, while the second part offers psycholinguistic modelling of a number of components ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis

    Edited by David Birdsong ...
    Series series Second Language Acquisition Research Series
    Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis is the only book on the market to provide a diverse collection of perspectives, from experienced researchers, on the role of the Critical Period Hypothesis in second language acquisition. It is widely believed that age effects in both first and second language acquisition are developmental in nature, with native levels of attainment in ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Evolutionary Syntax

    by Ljiljana Progovac ...
    Series Book 20 - Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language
    In this book, Ljiljana Progovac proposes a gradualist, adaptationist approach to the evolution of syntax, subject to natural selection. She provides a specific framework for its study, combining the fields of evolutionary biology, theoretical syntax, typology, neuroscience, and genetics. The author pursues an internal reconstruction of the stages of grammar based on the syntactic theory associated ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Language Origin: A Multidisciplinary Approach

    Edited by Jan Wind, Brunetto Chiarelli, Bernard Bichakjian, Alberto Nocentini, Abraham Jonker ...
    Series Book 61 - NATO Science Series D
    Language Origin: A Multidisciplinary Approach presents a synthesis of viewpoints and data on linguistic, psychological, anatomical and behavioral studies on living species of Primates and provides a comparative framework for the evaluation of paleoanthropological studies. This double endeavor makes it possible to direct new research on the nature and evolution of human language and cognition.The ... Read more

    $287.09 USD

  • Sentence Processing

    Edited by Roger P. G. van Gompel ...
    Series series Current Issues in the Psychology of Language
    What are the psychological processes involved in comprehending sentences? How do we process the structure of sentences and how do we understand their meaning? Do children, bilinguals and people with language impairments process sentences in the same way as healthy monolingual adults? These are just some of the many questions that sentence processing researchers have tried to answer by conducting ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • The Acquisition of Spanish Morphosyntax

    The L1/L2 Connection

    Edited by Ana Teresa Pérez-Leroux, Juana Muñoz Liceras ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Recent developments in linguistic theory, as well as the growing body of evidence from languages other than English, provide new opportunities for deeper explorations into how language is represented in the mind of learners. This collection of new empirical studies on the acquisition of Spanish morphosyntax by leading researchers in the field of language acquisition, specifically contributes to ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Foreign Vocabulary in Sign Languages

    A Cross-Linguistic Investigation of Word Formation

    Edited by Diane Brentari ...
    This book takes a close look at the ways that five sign languages borrow elements from the surrounding, dominant spoken language community where each is situated. It offers careful analyses of semantic, morphosyntactic, and phonological adaption of forms taken from a source language (in this case a spoken language) to a recipient signed language. In addition, the contributions contained in the ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • TESOL: A Guide

    by Jun Liu, Cynthia Berger ...
    This book serves as a comprehensive reference resource for current and prospective English language teachers, students of TESOL, academics, and other professionals working within the field of Teaching English as a Second or Other Language (TESOL).As an essential single-volume resource, TESOL: A Guide explores TESOL in three dimensions: as a profession, as a field of study, and as an international ... Read more

    $42.09 USD