Discontinuity in Second Language Acquisition - The Switch Between Statistical and Grammatical Learning

With a focus on the morphosyntactic features of second language, this book discusses the idea that language acquisition is a discontinuous and 'quantized' process due to the existence of two different - albeit interconnected - ways of learning: Statistical Learning and Grammatical Learning.

A propos de l'auteur

Stefano Rastelli teaches Second Language Acquisition at the Universities of Pavia and Verona, Italy. He is an associate member of CAROLE (Center for Advanced Research and Outreach in Language Education), University of Greenwich. His research focuses on second language processing and syntactic theory and he has published numerous research articles in international journals.

Résumé

With a focus on the morphosyntactic features of second language, this book discusses the idea that language acquisition is a discontinuous and 'quantized' process due to the existence of two different – albeit interconnected – ways of learning: Statistical Learning and Grammatical Learning.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Stefano Rastelli
• Edition: Multilingual Matters
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.09.2014
• EAN: 9781783092468
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-246-8
• Pages: 268
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Poids: 461 g
• Thèmes: Second Language Acquisition; Second Language Acquisition
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Autres langues / Autres littératures