Variation in Second Language Acquisition: Psycholinguistic Issues: 002 (Multilingual Matters) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853590274 ISBN 13: 9781853590276

Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 1989

Synopsis

This book and its accompanying volume, Variation in Second Language Acquisition: Discourse and Pragmatics, presents a number of solutions to the problems of studying variability in second language acquisition. The contributors combine insights from recent research in a number of fields: quantitative sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, language typology, social psychology, the sociology of language, ethnomethodology, pidgin-creole studies and second language acquisition. The diversity of these contributing fields exposes the richness of the approaches represented in these two volumes. Along with this diversity, a generalised view of second language acquisition, sensitive to both socio- and psycholinguistic issues begins to emerge. Such a view allows one to see more directly the relevance of second language acquisition studies to the central questions of language. By focusing on the need to incorporate variability into our understanding of the nature of language, the books make important contributions not only to methodological and theoretical issues in second language acquisition, but also to the role of these issues in general linguistics.

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Synopsis:

These volumes present a number of solutions to the problems of studying variability in second language acquisition. The contributors combine insights from recent research in a number of fields - quantitative sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, language typology, social psychology, the sociology of language, ethnomethodology, pidgin-creole studies - which expose the richness of approaches represented in the volumes. A generalized view of second language acquisition, sensitive to both socio- and psycho-linguistic issues emerges, enabling the reader to see more directly the relevance of second language acquisition studies to the central questions of language.

About the Author:

Dennis R. Preston is University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at Michigan State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 1853590274
• ISBN 13: 9781853590276
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Gass Susan, Madden Carolyn, Preston Dennis R, Selinker Larry