First and Second Language Acquisition :
Meisel, Jürgen M.,
First and Second Language Acquisition : Parallels and Differences / First & Second Language Acquisition Jürgen M. Meisel. - 1 online resource (322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics . - Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
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 language. This useful textbook serves as a guide to different types of language acquisition: monolingual and bilingual first language development and child and adult second language acquisition. Unlike other books, it systematically compares first and second language acquisition, drawing on data from several languages. Research questions and findings from various subfields are helpfully summarized to show students how they are related and how they often complement each other. The essential guide to studying first and second language acquisition, it will be used on courses in linguistics, modern languages and developmental psychology.
9780511862694 (ebook)
Second language acquisition
P118.2 / .M45 2011
418.0071
First and Second Language Acquisition : Parallels and Differences / First & Second Language Acquisition Jürgen M. Meisel. - 1 online resource (322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics . - Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
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 language. This useful textbook serves as a guide to different types of language acquisition: monolingual and bilingual first language development and child and adult second language acquisition. Unlike other books, it systematically compares first and second language acquisition, drawing on data from several languages. Research questions and findings from various subfields are helpfully summarized to show students how they are related and how they often complement each other. The essential guide to studying first and second language acquisition, it will be used on courses in linguistics, modern languages and developmental psychology.
9780511862694 (ebook)
Second language acquisition
P118.2 / .M45 2011
418.0071