Bøger i Second Language Acquisition Research Series serien

The first book-length treatment of its type, this volume is a case study that examines the language of an immigrant learner of English, and thereby presents a much needed understanding of the linguistic competence of second language speakers.

Presents an introduction to the use of auditory, semantic, and syntactic priming methods for second language (L2) processing and acquisition research. This title provides a guidance for the use, design, and implementation of priming tasks and an overview of how to analyze and report priming research.

This volume addresses theoretical and research domains related to questions of how forms-meaning connections are initiated, processed, and stored, and what internal and external factors may affect these mappings.

A work for those who use questionnaires to collect data for research or administrative purposes. Illustrated by concrete examples, it offers an overview of the theory of questionnaire design, and administration and processing, with a special emphasis on second language research applications.

Presents an introduction to the use of auditory, semantic, and syntactic priming methods for second language (L2) processing and acquisition research. This guide for the use, design, and implementation of priming tasks offers an overview of how to analyze and report priming research.

Even though second-language learners may master the grammar and vocabulary of the new languages, they almost never achieve a native phonology (accent). This work covers the growing scholarship in this area, examining the issues in the field of second language acquisition and applied linguistics.

Dealing with formal features in Second Language Acquisition is defined within generative grammatical theory, such as the Principles and Parameters Theory and the Minimalist Program. This volume addresses the role of features in the versions of generative grammar.

Researchers and educators routinely call for longitudinal research on language learning and teaching. This volume explores the connection between longitudinal study and advanced language capacities. It also explores what it would take to design systematic research programs for the longitudinal investigation of advanced L2 capacities.

Besides a review of the relevant second language literature, this book presents a concise overview of the psychological research involving each topic. It focuses on a different individual difference variable. It is useful for students in linguistics, applied linguistics, modern languages, psychology programs, and others.

Bringing conversational analysis into the study of second language pragmatics as an analytic paradigm, this volume addresses a difficult area for the interlanguage pragmatics research community - the balance between experimental method and the use of conversational data. Institutional talk provides authentic and consequential talk.