Language acquisition

This book examines the 'English mania phenomenon' and the complex circumstances of adopting English Medium Instruction (EMI) by South Asian education systems and the effect of an uneven distribution of resources on the already under-resourced countries in the region.

How children first acquire language is one of the central issues in linguistics.

Provides a ground-breaking attempt to unite discussions on the pedagogical implications of the global spread of English, and lobby for change.

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

This book aims to bridge the gap in investigations into the acquisition of phonology from a multilingual perspective.

For many years, studies of the development of pragmatic and discourse skills in young children have predominantly focused on English and other European languages, as with the field of child language development in general.

Second Language Teacher Prosody focuses on the prosodic characteristics of input in L2 Spanish classrooms.

Ben the bear loves to blow bubbles, but what happens when he tries to blow the biggest bubble in the world?

Do you find it hard to make friends?

This innovative volume offers a comprehensive account of the study of language change in verb meaning in the history of the English language.

Children learn a great deal from other people, including history, science and religion, as well as language itself.

Covering both theoretical and practical approaches, Writing the Research Paper guides students studying in English as a second or additional language through the skills necessary for success in university-level writing and research.

This Handbook is a comprehensive volume outlining the foremost issues regarding research and teaching of second language speaking, examining such diverse topics as cognitive processing, articulation, knowledge of pragmatics, instruction in sub-components of speaking (e.

This volume features a collection of empirical studies which use priming methods to explore the comprehension, production, and acquisition of second language (L2) phonology, syntax, and lexicon.

Formacion de palabras y ensenanza del espanol LE/L2 offers a unique combination of theory and practice that guides the reader through the main processes of word formation in Spanish.

This book analyzes the construct of advanced proficiency in second language learning by bringing together empirical research from numerous linguistic domains and methodological traditions.

The 23rd UWM Linguistics Symposium (1996) brought together linguists of opposing theoretical approaches - functionalists and formalists - in order to determine to what extent these approaches really differ from each other and to what extent the approaches complement each other.

This interdisciplinary new work explores one of the central theoretical problems in linguistics: learnability.

The study of informal involvement with additional languages has recently emerged as a dynamic research field in SLA.

This volume gives language teachers, software designers, and researchers who wish to use technology in second or foreign language education the information they need to absorb what has been achieved so far and to make sense of it.

If language learning is self-initiated and self-regulated, can anyone become native-like in a new language, or are special gifts necessary?

This comprehensive collection equips readers with a state-of-the-art description of clinical phonetics and a practical guide on how to employ phonetic techniques in disordered speech analysis.

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Cognition provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of how translation and cognition relate to each other, discussing the most important issues in the fledgling sub-discipline of Cognitive Translation Studies (CTS), from foundational to applied aspects.

This book describes the repertoire and uses of referring expressions by French-speaking children and their interlocutors in naturally occurring dialogues at home and at school, in a wide range of communicative situations and activities.

Muffin is a quirky little fish full of fun ideas.

This book focuses on literature and cinema in English or French by authors and directors not working in their native language.

Understanding how people learn and fail to learn second and foreign languages is increasingly recognised as a critical social and psycholinguistic issue.

In this handbook, renowned scholars from a range of backgrounds provide a state of the art review of key developmental findings in language acquisition.

Vinyl Ester-Based Biocomposites provides a comprehensive review of the recent developments, characterization, and applications of natural fiber-reinforced vinyl ester biocomposites.

Originally published in 1976.

An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history.

One of the most important questions about children's development involves how knowledge acquisition depends on the effect of language experience.

At the heart of this volume is the recognition that children's engagement with play and story are intrinsically and intricately linked.

This major new edition of the Collins COBUILD English Grammar is a modern, global and learner-focussed grammar reference, aimed at learners and teachers of English.

Using diverse language examples and tasks, this book illustrates how intercultural communication theory can inform second language teaching.

Teaching Russian Creatively With and Beyond the Textbook is a collection of pedagogical narratives that promotes impactful approaches to teaching Russian as a Foreign Language (RFL) when supplementing or going beyond a specific textbook.

Written as a tribute to Lila Gleitman, an influential pioneer in first language acquisition and reading studies, this significant book clearly establishes the relationships between psychology and linguistics.

This Element explores the roles of explicit and implicit learning in second language acquisition.

Published in 1975, Margaret Mathieson has drawn on her experience both in schools and in the training of English teachers to relate the discussions and writings of the previous two centuries to the debate, probably livelier than ever before, among English practitioners about the role of their subject.

The thrust of the book is not so much upon the formation of grammatical constructs but rather upon the shape of the grammatical system and its relation to semantics, discourse and pragmatics.

German Reading Skills for Academic Purposes allows researchers and learners with no prior understanding of German to gain an understanding of written German at CEFR C2/ACTFL Intermediate-High level that will allow them to read a variety of German texts, including research articles and monographs.