Language acquisition

An interdisciplinary overview of code-switching, whereby bilingual speakers switch between different languages or language varieties.

Recognized as a finalist for the CAE 2018 Outstanding Book Award!

Molly mouse wakes to find her Mummy has vanished, so she sets off to find her - meeting some interesting creatures along the way.

Referring to entities is one of the key functions of language; learning to understand and use the relevant referential expressions is one of children's major linguistic achievements.

This introduction to the role of information structure in grammar discusses a wide range of phenomena on the syntax-information structure interface.

Focuses for the first time on materials development and applications of current research and theory for the main areas of applied linguistics (e.

For effective use, this book can be purchased alongside the professional guide, Supporting Children with DLD.

Building on the established strengths of the first edition, Child Language has now been fully updated and includes some basic theory content, more exercises and summaries at the end of each unit.

Post-colonial Curriculum Practices in South Asia gives a conceptual framework for curriculum design for English Language Teaching, taking into account context specific features in the teaching-learning settings of post-colonial South Asia.

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Morphology presents a state-of-the-art, detailed and exhaustive overview of all aspects of Spanish morphology, paying equal attention to the empirical complexities of the morphological system and the theoretical issues that they raise.

The media often point an accusatory finger at new technologies; they suggest that there is always a loss of information or quality, or even that computer-mediated communication is destroying language.

Butler and Huang's book is one of the first to focus on second language (L2) development research methods and techniques specifically targeted at children of primary and pre-primary years.

Offers an up-to-date analysis of issues related to providing, using and researching feedback, including new developments in technology.

Wenn Kinder beginnen, sich ihre Welt durch Wörter anzueignen, machen auch die Erwachsenen neue Erfahrungen in ihrem eigenen Umgang mit Sprache und sich selbst.

Pete and Jem are very helpful at the supermarket, but end up causing chaos with a tower of food on display.

Lexical Processing and Second Language Acquisition provides a comprehensive overview of research on second language lexical processing, integrating converging research and perspectives from Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition.

The Routledge Handbook of Arabic Second Language Acquisition introduces major current approaches in Arabic second language acquisition (SLA) research and offers empirical findings on crucial aspects and issues to do with the learning of Arabic as a foreign language and Arabic SLA.

In the present-day context of cross-linguistic perspectives on language acquisition, The Acquisition of Dutch offers a much needed overview of the wealth of Dutch child language research that was hitherto lacking.

Ever since attempts were made to describe and explain normal language development, references to exceptional circumstances have been made.

This Element presents input as perception, shows how it is related to consciousness and learning, and draws implications for teaching.

Using detailed analyses of cross-generational case studies, Smith explains the acquisition of language phonology by children.

Assessing English Language Proficiency in U.

Universal Grammar (UG) is a theory of both the fundamental principles for all possible languages and the language faculty in the "e;initial state"e; of the human organism.

Second Language Pragmatics: From Theory to Research aims to reinvigorate this field, pointing the way forward to new methodologies that can drive, or be driven by, new theoretical developments.

Arguably the first book-length exploration of decolonizing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) writing education, this novel volume uses poetic autoethnography to provide a situated, dynamic, and complex view of multilingual writers through their second language (L2) academic writing and creative writing.

Originally published in 1994.

The first study into how children acquire Creoles as their first language in the absence of a conventional language model.

This book integrates theoretical and practical perspectives on computer-assisted analysis of spoken discourse, reflecting recent important developments in speech analysis for language teaching and assessment.

Until about two decades ago, the study of writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition was sparse and generally modeled after studies of English language learners.

Under the Universal Grammar (UG) framework, this book discusses the latest research on the role of L1 bidialectism in L2 acquisition, with a particular focus on early Chinese(L1)-English(L2) learners.

This book draws on real-world case studies to highlight key challenges and support the crafting of relevant and contextual responses.

This Element defines implicit language aptitude and examines tasks that can be used to measure implicit language aptitude.

The study of speech errors, or "e;slips of the tongue,"e; is a time-honored methodology which serves as a window to the representation and processing of language and has proven to be the most reliable source of data for building theories of speech production planning.

Second Language Learning and Language Teaching provides an introduction to the application of second language acquisition research to language teaching.

Using Chomsky's minimalist program as a framework, this volume explores the role of formal (or functional) features in current descriptions and accounts of language acquistion.