Third or Additional Language Acquisition examines research on the acquisition of languages beyond the L2 within four main areas of inquiry: crosslinguistic influence, multilingual speech production models, the multilingual lexicon and the impact of bi/multilingualism on cognitive development.
Third or Additional Language Acquisition
β Scribed by Gessica De Angelis
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 160
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Third or Additional Language Acquisition examines research on the acquisition of languages beyond the L2 within four main areas of inquiry: crosslinguistic influence, multilingual speech production models, the multilingual lexicon and the impact of bi/multilingualism on cognitive development.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
List of illustrations
Chapter 1. The Multilingual Learner and Speaker
Chapter 2. Factors Affecting Non-native Language Influence
Chapter 3. What Can be Transferred from One or More Non-native Language to Another
Chapter 4. Multilingual Speech Production
Chapter 5. The Multilingual Lexicon
Chapter 6. Prior Language Knowledge, Cognitive Development and the Language Acquisition Process
Chapter 7. Conclusion
References
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