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The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics) [Hardcover]

Catherine J. Doughty (Editor), Michael H. Long (Editor)
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0631217541 978-0631217541 June 23, 2003 1
The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition research.

  • Discusses the biological and cognitive underpinnings of SLA, mechanisms, processes, and constraints on SLA, the level of ultimate attainment, research methods, and the status of SLA as a cognitive science.
  • Includes contributions from twenty-seven of the world's leading scholars.
  • Provides an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychology, applied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitive science.


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"Catherine Doughty and Michael Long have emerged as two of the most knowledgeable, authoritative, and sanest voices in the current contentious debates over truth claims in second language acquisition. Their stewardship of the chapters in this volume – and authorship of two articles plus an overview and an interesting afterword that treats SLA as cognitive science – has produced some very strong critical summaries of several central ideas in these debates. The range and depth of many of the chapters is great and I have learned much from revisiting subjects I thought I knew well, such as transfer, fossilization, and individual variation." Larry Selinker, New York University


"Arguing that SLA research should be viewed as a branch of cognitive science, the editors have served up a feast for, and about, the mind. This Handbook will be read, consulted, and referred to again and again." Diane Larsen-Freeman, University of Michigan


"The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition lives up to its name: it provides a remarkable overview of the field, whose future the editors intelligently advocate to be an integral constituent of cognitive science. A rainbow of topics and theoretical stances promises much stimulation to a wide readership. The volume will no doubt serve as a highly appreciated resource for novice and expert alike." Bonnie D. Schwartz, University of Hawaii

"Highly recommended." Choice

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The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition (SLA) research.Written by twenty-seven of the worlds leading scholars, the chapters reflect the diversity and technicality that have come to characterize SLA research. Topics discussed include the biological and cognitive underpinnings of SLA; mechanisms, processes, and constraints on SLA; the level of ultimate attainment; research methods; and the status of SLA as a cognitive science.This volume is an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychology, applied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitive science.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 888 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (June 23, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0631217541
  • ISBN-13: 978-0631217541
  • Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 2.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,938,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for FL/SL professionals, March 16, 2006
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This is an affordable, authoritative resource on SLA research. Chapters from leading research figures, including Long, DeKeyser, Nick Ellis, and Peter Robinson will prove invaluable for the language teacher, graduate student, or researcher. The chapters are broadly representative of major approaches to language acquisition research. Highly recommended.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A good intro to Second Language Acquisition, December 23, 2006
I had to read about half of this book for a graduate seminar in SLA this semester. Some of the chapters get a bit challenging to read, but overall, it's a good intermediate introduction to the subject.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Request for Kindle version, January 17, 2012
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Handbook for ESL Teaching by the same authors is in kindle version. This great book on SLA should also be available in kindle format.
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The scope of second language acquisition (SLA) is broad. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
continuing bilingual programs, interlanguage representation, steadiness hypothesis, developmental optionality, grammatical nativism, processability hierarchy, developmental sharpening, ultimate attainment studies, residual optionality, nativelike proficiency, foreign language behavior, nativelike levels, null argument languages, second language research, adult starters, incidental vocabulary acquisition, phonemic coding ability, foreign language aptitude, special nativism, procedural explicitness, second language acquisition, general nativism, multiple effects principle, incidental vocabulary learning, language learning aptitude
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New York, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, John Benjamins, Newbury House, Oxford University Press, University of Hawai'i, San Diego, Multilingual Matters, Working Papers, Applied Psycholinguistics, University of California, Los Angeles, Psychological Review, Thousand Oaks, United States, Cascadilla Press, Englewood Cliffs, Harvard University Press, Edward Arnold, Van Heuven, Lawrence Erlhaum Associates, Wong Fillmore, Handbook of Implicit Learning, Solomon Islands, Georgetown University Press
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