Language Acquisition

Phraseology is often thought of as an anomaly and a headache for language learners. However, researchers have tended to focus on just one end of th...

A comprehensive introduction to how people learn second languages (L2s), this textbook approaches the topic through five problems the L2 learner ha...

A state-of-the-art, in-depth survey of the topics, approaches and theories in Spanish linguistics today. The language is researched from a number o...

The ability to communicate quickly and flexibly through both spoken and written language is one of the defining characteristics of the human race. ...

Developmental research has long focused on regularities in language acquisition, minimizing factors that might be responsible for variation. Althou...

This book provides a rich and unique longitudinal account of content and language integrated learning (CLIL). The chapters report on the findings f...

This book provides a rich and unique longitudinal account of content and language integrated learning (CLIL). The chapters report on the findings f...

Task-based language teaching is now a well-established pedagogic approach but problematic issues remain, such as whether it is appropriate for all ...

Understanding the role of language within the formation of a sense of self has been revolutionised by developments in social theory, particularly p...

The case studies in this volume offer new insights into word order change. As is now becoming increasingly clear, word order variation rarely attra...

In many countries, including Belgium, English is pervasively present in public life: it is the number one foreign language in music, computergames ...

Bilingual language behaviour is driven by numerous factors that are usually studied in isolation, even though individual factors never operate alon...

The only resources designed for the Cambridge IGCSE® Chinese as a First Language syllabus (0509). Take an active approach to first language Chines...

This edited volume is devoted to expanding the theoretical basis of Processability Theory, a theory of second language development that combines in...

Referring to entities is one of the key functions of language; learning to understand and use the relevant referential expressions is one of childr...