Language Acquisition

"First Language Acquisition"

The Essential Readings

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"Linguistics: the Essential Readings" series; * Collects classic works that provide the foundation for current research in the field of first language acquisition. * Includes selections from Noam Chomsky, Jean Piaget, Eric Lenneberg and Roman Jakobson, as well as others who contributed groundbreaking discoveries, insights, concepts, and methods. With 32. Paperback, 456 pages. Size: 246 x 173 mm. Weight: 816g.

Author: (Lust, Barbara, ed.)
ISBN: 0631232559
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Language Acquisition

"French"

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"Baby's First Words" series; Book and FREE CD pack. Cd-Audio, 96 pages. Size: 128 x 144 mm. Weight: 212g.

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ISBN: 1400023653
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Preschool (0-5) Language Acquisition

"Gesture"

Second Language Acquistion and Classroom Research

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"Esl and Applied Linguistics Professional Series" series; Demonstrates the connection between language and gesture, and why it is critical for research on second language acquisition to take into account the full spectrum of communicative phenomena. This volume includes chapters that focus on a variety of second-language contexts, including adult classroom and naturalistic learners. With 47 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white tables. Paperback, 344 pages. Weight: 469g.

Author: (McCafferty, Steven G., ed.)
ISBN: 0805860533
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Language Acquisition

"Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition"

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Describes the implications of Cognitive Linguistics for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). This work includes chapters that identify theoretical and empirical strands of Cognitive Linguistics, presenting them as a coherent whole. It also discusses the relevance of Cognitive Linguistics to SLA. With 7 black & white tables. Paperback, 576 pages. Weight: 757g.

Author: (Robinson, Peter, ed.)
ISBN: 0805853529
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc
Date: 2008 (United States)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Language Acquisition

"Handbook of Second Language Acquisition"

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Discusses the research, theory, and applications specific to second language acquisition. This book addresses: Issues of maturation and modularity; Language transfer between first and second languages; Neuropsychology of second language acquisition; Research and methodological issues in the study of second language acquisition; and more. With illustrations. Paperback, 758 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 225g.

Author: (Ritchie, William C., ed.)
ISBN: 0125890435
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Date: 2003 (Netherlands)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Language Acquisition

"The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition"

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"Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics" series; Discusses the biological and cognitive underpinnings of second language acquisition (SLA), mechanisms, processes, and constraints on SLA, the level of ultimate attainment, research methods, and the status of SLA as a cognitive science. This book is suitable for students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics. With 37. New ed. Paperback, 904 pages. Size: 247 x 172 mm. Weight: 364g.

Author: (Doughty, Catherine, ed.)
ISBN: 1405132817
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Language Acquisition

"Italian"

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"Baby's First Words" series; Cd-Audio, 96 pages. Size: 127 x 144 mm. Weight: 211g.

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ISBN: 1400023661
Publisher: Random House Usa Inc
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Preschool (0-5) Language Acquisition

"Language Acquisition and Conceptual Development"

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"Language, Culture and Cognition" series; Levinson, Stephen C. (ed.) Leading scholars examine the relationship between child language acquisition and cognitive development. With 35 line figures 32 tables. Hardback, 616 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 1070g.

Author: (Bowerman, Melissa, ed.)
ISBN: 0521593581
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Language Acquisition

"Language Acquisition and Conceptual Development"

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"Language, Culture and Cognition" series; Leading scholars examine the relationship between child language acquisition and cognitive development. With 35 line figures 32 tables. Paperback, 616 pages. Size: 228 x 154 mm. Weight: 954g.

Author: (Bowerman, Melissa, ed.)
ISBN: 0521596599
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Language Acquisition

"Learner English on Computer"

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"Studies in Language & Linguistics" series; This work provides an introduction to the field of corpus-based research into learner language. It provides the reader with an overview of the field, explaining its links with corpus and applied linguistics, second language acquisition and ELT. With bibliography, index. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 719g.

Author: (Granger, Sylviane, ed.)
ISBN: 0582298830
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
Date: 1998 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Language Acquisition

"Narratives From the Crib"

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A psychological case study, which focuses on one talkative child's emerging ability to use language, her capacity for understanding, for imagining, and for making inferences and solving problems. It also includes essays in which scholars offer linguistic and psychological analyses of her conversations with her parents and pre-sleep monologues. With illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 356 pages. Size: 234 x 159 mm. Weight: 505g.

Author: (Nelson, Katherine, ed.)
ISBN: 0674023633
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Language Acquisition

"A Portrait of the Young in the New Multilingual Spain"

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"Child Language & Child Development" series; Examines the main issues in bilingual and multilingual language acquisition through children and youngsters growing up in multicultural Spain, where four official languages and other languages are used. This book covers the studies of phonetics, grammar and pragmatics, code mixing, parental strategies, bilingual twins, and SLI bilingualism. With illustrations. Paperback, 280 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 398g.

Author: (Perez-Vidal, Carmen (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), ed.)
ISBN: 184769022X
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Language Acquisition

"A Portrait of the Young in the New Multilingual Spain"

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"Child Language & Child Development" series; Examines the main issues in bilingual and multilingual language acquisition through children and youngsters growing up in multicultural Spain, where four official languages and other languages are used. This book covers the studies of phonetics, grammar and pragmatics, code mixing, parental strategies, bilingual twins, and SLI bilingualism. With illustrations. Hardback, 280 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 508g.

Author: (Perez-Vidal, Carmen (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), ed.)
ISBN: 1847690238
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Language Acquisition

"Second Language Lexical Processes"

Applied Linguistic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives

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"Second Language Acquisition" series; Contains studies on second language lexical processes based on the findings by authors mostly from Central Europe. Questions of integration, storage, vocabulary acquisition and assessment, word retrieval, and lexical access are the focus of the studies, which include reference to language users from Finno-Ugric and Slavic language backgrounds. With illustrations. Paperback, 208 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 283g.

Author: (Lengyel, Zsolt K. (University of Pannonia), ed.)
ISBN: 1853599662
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Language Acquisition