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...

Pragmatic competence plays a key role in the era of globalization where communication across cultural boundaries is an everyday phenomenon. The abi...

Designed for students of applied linguistics and second language acquisition on research training courses, practising language teachers, and those ...

What sets Qualitative Research Methods for Second Language Education apart from existing books is its balance between theories and learning activit...

This book examines how Russian-speaking adoptees in three US families actively shape opportunities for language learning and identity construction ...

Some part of me believed I would become a more complete person if I spoke Irish, more in tune with my roots, my identity, my very being.  I was o...

Language is essential to human life, both as a basic social necessity and also as a powerful and complex social resource. For the Love of Language:...

This monograph reports on a longitudinal inquiry into mainland Chinese undergraduates language learning experiences in an English medium university...

Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices represents a clear and concise introduction to the main concepts, issues, and d...

Until recently, the history of debates about language and thought has been a history of thinking of language in the singular. The purpose of this v...

In recent years, researchers have acknowledged that the study of third language acquisition cannot simply be viewed as an extension of the study of...

Ergativity is one of the main challenges both for linguistic and acquisition theories. This book is unique, taking a cross-linguistic approach to t...

Developing the ability to speak in a foreign language is an arduous task. This is because it involves the mastery of different language subsystems,...

Second language acquisition has rapidly grown as a field over the past decade, as our knowledge of the ways in which children and adults learn and ...

A concise overview of key findings and ideas in sign language phonology and its contributions to related fields, including historical linguistics, ...

This comprehensive collection, comprising both theoretical and practical contributions, is unique in its focus on language learning strategy instru...

The majority of people around the world live in multilingual societies, and so it follows that plurilingualism should be considered normal. This bo...

Language acquisition research is challenging - the intricate behavioral and cognitive foundations of speech are difficult to measure objectively. T...

Sleep Time, part of the Words Together series, has been created to support children to understand and use two-word sentences.Using the pivot word s...

Vestiges of monolingual bias are present in the portrayal of study abroad as an idealized monolingual immersion experience and the steps many progr...

This is a book about languages and the people who love them. Sophie Hardach is here to guide us through the strange and wonderful ways that human...

The relationship between language and culture has been the focus of attention in the fields of anthropology, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics ...