Current Issues in Second Language Acquisition and Development - Softcover

Blackshire-Belay, Carol A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819191825 ISBN 13: 9780819191823

Publisher: University Press of America, 1994

Synopsis

This book provides the most updated discussion of the most important issues facing students, scholars, and researchers in second language acquisition research and development. Contents: Current Issues in Second Language Acquisition and Development: An Introduction, Carol A. Blackshire-Belay; Section 1: Language Development and Transfer. Native Language Transfer and Universal Simplification, Robin Sabino; Aspect Transferability (Or: What Gets Lost in the Translation-and Why?), Terence Odlin; Creole Verb Serialization: Transfer or Spontaneity? Frank Byrne; Section 2: Learner Variables in Second Language Acquisition. Contexts for Second Language Acquisition, Elsa Lattey; Language Acquisition, Biography and Bilingualism, Ulrich Steinmuller; Acquisition of Japanese by American Businessmen in Tokyo: How Much and Why? Yoshiko Matsumoto; Section 3: Issues in Interlanguage Development. Abrupt Restructuring Versus Gradual Acquisition, Hanna Pishwa; Variability in Grammatical Analysis: On Recognizing Verbal Markers in Foreign Workers' German, Carol A. Blackshire-Belay; Sketch of an Interlanguage Rule System: Advanced Nonnative German Gender Assignment, Joe Salmons.

About this title

About the Author

Carol A. Blackshire-Belay is Assistant Professor of Germanic Linguistics at The Ohio State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0819191825
• ISBN 13: 9780819191823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210