Incomplete Acquisition In Bilingualism

Author : Silvina A. Montrul
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027290410

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Age effects have played a particularly prominent role in some theoretical perspectives on second language acquisition. This book takes an entirely new perspective on this issue by re-examining these theories in light of the existence of apparently similar non-native outcomes in adult heritage speakers who, unlike adult second language learners, acquired two or more languages in childhood. Despite having been exposed to their family language early in life, many of these speakers never fully acquire, or later lose, aspects of their first language sometime in childhood. The book examines the structural characteristics of "incomplete" grammatical states and highlights how age of acquisition is related to the type of linguistic knowledge and behavior that emerges in L1 and L2 acquisition under different environmental circumstances. By underscoring age of acquisition as a unifying factor in the study of L2 acquisition and L1 attrition, it is claimed that just as there are age effects in L2 acquisition, there are also age effects, or even perhaps a critical period, in L1 attrition. The book covers adult L2 acquisition, attrition in adults and in children, and includes a comparison of adult heritage language speakers and second language learners.

Author : Silvina A. Montrul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1097790691

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Author : Silvina Montrul
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027241757

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Incomplete Acquisition in Bilingualism by Silvina Montrul Pdf

Age effects have played a particularly prominent role in some theoretical perspectives on second language acquisition. This book takes an entirely new perspective on this issue by re-examining these theories in light of the existence of apparently similar non-native outcomes in adult heritage speakers who, unlike adult second language learners, acquired two or more languages in childhood. Despite having been exposed to their family language early in life, many of these speakers never fully acquire, or later lose, aspects of their first language sometime in childhood. The book examines the structural characteristics of "incomplete" grammatical states and highlights how age of acquisition is related to the type of linguistic knowledge and behavior that emerges in L1 and L2 acquisition under different environmental circumstances. By underscoring age of acquisition as a unifying factor in the study of L2 acquisition and L1 attrition, it is claimed that just as there are age effects in L2 acquisition, there are also age effects, or even perhaps a critical period, in L1 attrition. The book covers adult L2 acquisition, attrition in adults and in children, and includes a comparison of adult heritage language speakers and second language learners.

Author : Julia Herschensohn,Martha Young-Scholten
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 839 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1108733743

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The Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition by Julia Herschensohn,Martha Young-Scholten Pdf

What is language and how can we investigate its acquisition by children or adults? What perspectives exist from which to view acquisition? What internal constraints and external factors shape acquisition? What are the properties of interlanguage systems? This comprehensive 31-chapter handbook is an authoritative survey of second language acquisition (SLA). Its multi-perspective synopsis on recent developments in SLA research provides significant contributions by established experts and widely recognized younger talent. It covers cutting edge and emerging areas of enquiry not treated elsewhere in a single handbook, including third language acquisition, electronic communication, incomplete first language acquisition, alphabetic literacy and SLA, affect and the brain, discourse and identity. Written to be accessible to newcomers as well as experienced scholars of SLA, the Handbook is organised into six thematic sections, each with an editor-written introduction.

Author : Silvina Montrul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107007246

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The Acquisition of Heritage Languages by Silvina Montrul Pdf

An authoritative overview of research into heritage language acquisition, covering key terminological and empirical issues, theoretical approaches, and research methodologies.

Author : Barbara E. Bullock,Almeida Jacqueline Toribio
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107605415

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The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Code-switching by Barbara E. Bullock,Almeida Jacqueline Toribio Pdf

Code-switching - the alternating use of two languages in the same stretch of discourse by a bilingual speaker - is a dominant topic in the study of bilingualism and a phenomenon that generates a great deal of pointed discussion in the public domain. This handbook provides the most comprehensive guide to this bilingual phenomenon to date. Drawing on empirical data from a wide range of language pairings, the leading researchers in the study of bilingualism examine the linguistic, social and cognitive implications of code-switching in up-to-date and accessible survey chapters. The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Code-switching will serve as a vital resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as a wide-ranging overview for linguists, psychologists and speech scientists and as an informative guide for educators interested in bilingual speech practices.

Author : Roumyana Slabakova,Silvina Montrul,Philippe Prévost
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027232328

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Inquiries in Linguistic Development by Roumyana Slabakova,Silvina Montrul,Philippe Prévost Pdf

The authors present current work on language acquisition which further investigates several themes developed by White's research.

Author : Bernhard Brehmer,Jeanine Treffers-Daller
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027261359

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Lost in Transmission by Bernhard Brehmer,Jeanine Treffers-Daller Pdf

Heritage speakers are a fascinating group of bilinguals with a unique profile. Living abroad as immigrants of the second generation, they speak the language of their own speech community (the heritage language) at home, and the societally dominant language in most other domains. What exactly they know about their heritage language continues to fascinate the research community as well as teachers and other practitioners working with this group. The different contributions cover a large variety of studies into heritage languages spoken in Europe and North America (including Chinese, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish and Turkish). The volume makes a key contribution to the description and explanation of variability in the outcomes of heritage language acquisition, taking into account a wide range of factors which impact on language acquisition. As comparisons are frequently made with monolinguals and foreign language learners, the volume is also highly relevant for researchers working in monolingual language acquisition and foreign language learning and teaching.

Author : Maria Polinsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107047648

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Heritage Languages and Their Speakers by Maria Polinsky Pdf

A pioneering study of heritage languages, from a leading scholar in this area of study world-wide.

Author : Silvina Montrul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781107133372

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Native Speakers, Interrupted by Silvina Montrul Pdf

A study of the language acquisition and transmission of Hindi, Spanish and Romanian as heritage languages in the United States.

Author : Monika S. Schmid,Barbara Köpke
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027271952

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First Language Attrition by Monika S. Schmid,Barbara Köpke Pdf

This volume consists of a collection of papers that focus on structural/grammatical aspects of the process of first language attrition. It presents an overview of current research, methodological issues and important questions regarding first language attrition. In particular, it addresses the two most prominent issues in current L1 attrition research: Can attrition effects impact on features of core syntax, or are they limited to interface phenomena?, and; What is the role of age at onset (pre-/post-puberty) in this regard? By investigating attrition in a variety of settings, from a case study of a Spanish-speaking adoptee in the US to an empirical investigation of more than 50 long-term attriters of Turkish in the Netherlands, the investigations presented take a new perspective on these issues. Originally published in Language, Interaction and Acquisition - Langage, Interaction et Acquisition 2:2 (2011).

Author : Margaret Deuchar,Suzanne Quay
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198299737

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Bilingual Acquisition by Margaret Deuchar,Suzanne Quay Pdf

This book presents a case study in bilingual acquisition in a child under the age of two and explores the case's implications for language acquisition theory. The data collection methodology is fully discussed, and the book includes an extensive list of the child's words in English and Spanish.

Author : Elena Nicoladis,Simona Montanari
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110395341

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Bilingualism Across the Lifespan by Elena Nicoladis,Simona Montanari Pdf

This book pioneers the study of bilingualism across the lifespan and in all its diverse forms. In framing the newest research within a lifespan perspective, the editors highlight the importance of considering an individual's age in researching how bilingualism affects language acquisition and cognitive development. A key theme is the variability among bilinguals, which may be due to a host of individual and sociocultural factors, including the degree to which bilingualism is valued within a particular context.Thus, this book is a call for language researchers, psychologists, and educators to pursue a better understanding of bilingualism in our increasingly global society.

Author : Eva M. Fernández,Helen Smith Cairns
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119096528

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The Handbook of Psycholinguistics by Eva M. Fernández,Helen Smith Cairns Pdf

Incorporating approaches from linguistics and psychology, The Handbook of Psycholinguistics explores language processing and language acquisition from an array of perspectives and features cutting edge research from cognitive science, neuroscience, and other related fields. The Handbook provides readers with a comprehensive review of the current state of the field, with an emphasis on research trends most likely to determine the shape of psycholinguistics in the years ahead. The chapters are organized into three parts, corresponding to the major areas of psycholinguists: production, comprehension, and acquisition. The collection of chapters, written by a team of international scholars, incorporates multilingual populations and neurolinguistic dimensions. Each of the three sections also features an overview chapter in which readers are introduced to the different theoretical perspectives guiding research in the area covered in that section. Timely, comprehensive, and authoritative, The Handbook of Psycholinguistics is a valuable addition to the reference shelves of researchers in psychology, linguistics, and cognitive science, as well as advanced undergraduates and graduate students interested in how language works in the human mind and how language is acquired.

Author : Jürgen M. Meisel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107181366

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Bilingual Children by Jürgen M. Meisel Pdf

This practical and reassuring guide will enable readers to make informed decisions about how to raise their child bilingually.