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ISBN 10: 052155764X
ISBN 13: 978-0521557641
Author: Jürgen Meisel
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.
First and Second Language Acquisition Parallels and Differences 1st Table of contents:
1 The quest for the LAD
1.1 Two types of language acquisition – One kind of language making capacity?
1.2 Relating first and second language acquisition
1.3 Searching for the questions to ask
1.4 Suggested readings and topics for discussion
Suggested readings
Topics for discussion
2 First language development: Universal Grammar as the centrepiece of the human language making capa
2.1 Universal Grammar and the LAD
2.2 Milestones of first language development
2.3 Functional categories in early child grammar
2.4 Parameters in first language development
2.5 Suggested readings and topics for discussion
Suggested readings
Topics for discussion
3 Obvious (observable) similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition: D
3.1 Observable phenomena
3.2 Acquisition orders: Grammatical morphemes
3.3 Developmental sequences: The syntax of negation
3.4 A preliminary balance
3.5 Suggested readings and topics for discussion
Suggested readings
Topics for discussion
4 The initial state and beyond
4.1 Transitional interlanguage grammars?
4.2 The initial state of L2 grammatical knowledge
4.3 Transfer of knowledge or knowledgeable transfer?
4.4 Beyond the initial state: Approximative systems
4.5 Suggested readings and topics for discussion
Suggested readings
Topics for discussion
5 Developing grammatical knowledge: Parameter setting and inductive learning
5.1 Access to UG principles in L2 acquisition
5.2 Parameter (re)setting
5.3 Inductive learning
5.4 Some fundamental differences between L1 and L2 acquisition
5.5 Suggested readings and topics for discussion
Suggested readings
Topics for discussion
6 Neural maturation and age: Opening and closing windows of opportunities
6.1 Sensitive phases for language acquisition
6.2 Child second language acquisition
6.3 Syntactic processing in the second language
6.4 A note on ultimate attainment in second language acquisition
6.5 Suggested readings and topics for discussion
Suggested readings
Topics for discussion
7 A (tentative) theory of language acquisition – L1, 2L1 and L2
7.1 Similarities and differences across types of language acquisition
7.2 Exploring the limits of the LAD
7.3 The hybrid nature of second language knowledge
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