Language Acquisition

This innovative collection is the first of its kind to showcase global perspectives on learning minority languages as second languages, offering un...

Based on a research project funded by the Army Research Institute, Foreign Language Learning reports original empirical and theoretical research on...

Communicative competence is an essential language skill, the ability to adjust language use according to specific contexts and to employ knowledge ...

Each child is spoken to by genetic heritage and by the rich current set of interactional environments -- familial, local community, and broader cul...

Given the differences in the orthographic structure of the Uyghur, Chinese and English languages, this study used a mixed-method approach to system...

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Neurolinguistics provides a comprehensive discussion of a wide range of neurocognitive an...

Universal Grammar (UG) is a theory of both the fundamental principles for all possible languages and the language faculty in the "initial state" of...

This innovative collection is the first of its kind to showcase global perspectives on learning minority languages as second languages, offering un...

One of the central problems in the study of modern cognition is the degree to which higher cognition is modularized: that is, how much are higher f...

Validation in Language Assessment contributes to the variety of validation approaches and analytical and interpretive techniques only recently adop...

First published in 1987. This volume is based primarily on a conference on childhood bilingualism held at New York University on June 25 and 26, 19...

For decades, research on children's literacy has been dominated by questions of how children learn to read. Especially among Anglophone scholars, c...

Universal Grammar (UG) is a theory of both the fundamental principles for all possible languages and the language faculty in the "initial state" of...

This volume provides an integrative review of the emerging and increasing use of network science techniques in cognitive psychology, first develope...

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary language shift and identity in a language community in the mid-Atlantic South to offe...

This book is for anyone who has ever wondered how a child develops language, thought, and knowledge. Before this classic appeared, little was known...

Building on the established strengths of the first edition, Child Language has now been fully updated and includes some basic theory content, more ...

Language in Children provides a concise and basic introduction for students studying child language acquisition for the first time. Starting from t...

This volume consists of a series of essays written by experts, most of whom participated in a conference conducted by the Educational Testing Servi...

Over the past decade, the question of whether there is a mental logic has become subject to considerable debate. There have been attacks by critics...

First published in 1990, this collection celebrates the life and work of Professor A. C. Gimson, four years after his untimely death in 1985. A. C....

Researchers and educators routinely call for longitudinal research on language learning and teaching. The present volume explores the connection be...

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition offers a user-friendly, authoritative survey of terms and constructs that are important t...

Using Priming Methods in Second Language Research is an accessible introduction to the use of auditory, semantic, and syntactic priming methods for...

The acquisition and maintenance of literacy is of pressing interest and concern to educators and educational policy makers worldwide. What are the ...

Originally published in 1970, parents and teachers were beginning to realise how very much earlier in life human intelligence develops than was pre...

This landmark volume provides a broad-based, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and research into second language teaching and learning...

With reports from several studies showing the benefits of teaching young children about morphemes, this book is essential reading for anyone concer...

The acquisition and maintenance of literacy is of pressing interest and concern to educators and educational policy makers worldwide. What are the ...

This volume is the first to explore links between the Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin's theoretical insights about language and practical concerns...

This landmark volume provides a broad-based, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and research into second language teaching and learning...

This book explores the idea of ‘intercultural competence’, which, despite its current popularity across various discourses, has remained a vague an...

CALL Research Perspectives creates a foundation for the study and practice of computer-assisted language learning and provides an overview of ways ...

This book deals with bilingual education in general, but it pays special attention to bilingual education in monolingual areas. One central aim is ...

Butler and Huang’s book is one of the first to focus on second language (L2) development research methods and techniques specifically targeted at c...