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Neurobiology of Affect in Language (Language Learning Monograph) - Softcover

Schumann, Schumann

 
9780631210108: Neurobiology of Affect in Language (Language Learning Monograph)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631210105 ISBN 13: 9780631210108
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1999

Synopsis

This book presents a theory of how the psychology and neurobiology of stimulus appraisal influences the variability in second language acquisition. It then extends the notion of affect developed for second language acquisition to primary language acquisition and to cognition in general. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, this book is an important research tool for students and professors of language studies and linguistics.

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About the Author

John H. Schumann is Professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics and TESL at the University of California Los Angeles, where he served as chair for 16 years, and a member of the Center for Behavior Evolution and Culture and the Center for Culture, Brain and Development, both also at UCLA. He has published widely in the areas of second language acquisition, neurobiology of language, and language evolution. He is the general editor of The Language Learning-Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Cognitive Neuroscience Series.

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This book presents a theory of how the psychology and neurobiology of stimulus appraisal influences the variability in second language acquisition. It then extends the notion of affect developed for second language acquisition to primary language acquisition and to cognition in general. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, this book is an important research tool for students and professors of language studies and linguistics.

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This book presents a theory of how the psychology and neurobiology of stimulus appraisal influences the variability in second language acquisition. It then extends the notion of affect developed for second language acquisition to primary language acquisition and to cognition in general. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, this book is an important research tool for students and professors of language studies and linguistics.

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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631210105
ISBN 13 
9780631210108
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
364