Format:
1 Online-Ressource (267 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9781783092475
Series Statement:
Second Language Acquisition v.80
Content:
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
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Second Language Acquisition Facit Saltus ('Takes a Leap') -- 2 Discontinuity as Chunks Feedinto Grammar -- 3 Discontinuity in the Maturing and in the Adapting Brain -- 4 Discontinuity and the Neurocognition of Second Language -- 5 Statistical Learning of a Second Language -- 6 Parts of L2 Grammar That Resist Statistical Learning -- Conclusions -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781783092468
Additional Edition:
Print version Rastelli, Stefano Discontinuity in Second Language Acquisition : The Switch between Statistical and Grammatical Learning Bristol : Channel View Publications,c2014 ISBN 9781783092468
Language:
English
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