Second language acquisition has to integrate the totality of the SLA process, which includes both the learning of the core syntax of a language and the learning of the lexical items that have to be incorporated into that syntax. But these two domains involve different kinds of learning. Syntax is learnt through a process of implementing a particular set of universal structures, whereas the learning of lexis is characterised by the building up of associations (or connections). Yet these two systems must come together in the creation of a whole linguistic system in the mind of an individual. This book is designed to state the implications of these two paradigms in as clear a way as possible through examples of the research carried out within each paradigm and to examine how they can be made to inter-relate in a way which would enable us to explain better the overall process of SLA.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Benjamins (John) North America Inc.,US, John Benjamins Publishing Co
ISBN-10
158811418x
ISBN-13
9781588114181
eBay Product ID (ePID)
176374259
Product Key Features
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Linguistics
Additional Product Features
Issn
0925-0123
Edited by
Roeland Van Hout, Aafke C. J. Hulk, Richard Towell, Folkert Kuiken
Series Part/Volume Number
30
Series Title
Language Acquisition & Language Disorders
Content Note
Illustrations
Date of Publication
01/09/2003
Country of Publication
Netherlands
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