Second Language Acquisition An Introductory Course

Name: Second Language Acquisition An Introductory Course
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ISBN: 9780805835281

ISBN-10: 0805835288

ISBN-13: 9780805835281

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Susan M. Gass, Larry Selinker

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This book is a thorough revision of the highly successful text first published in 1994. The authors retain the multidisciplinary approach that presents research from linguistics, sociology, psychology, and education, in a format designed for use in an introductory course for undergraduate or graduate students. The research is updated throughout and there are new sections and chapters in this second edition as well. New chapters cover child language acquisition (first and second), Universal Grammar, and instructed language learning; new sections address issues, such as what data analysis doesn't show, replication of research findings, interlanguage transfer (multilingual acquisition and…

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List price: $67.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Susan M. Gass is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Linguistics, Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages at Michigan State University. She has conducted research in a wide variety of sub-areas of second language acquisition including language transfer, language universals, second language research methods, and input and interaction. She is the author/editor of numerous books including "Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course "(with Larry Selinker) and "Input, Interaction, and the Second Language Learner." She has published widely in the field of second language acquisition and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Distinguished Scholarship…



Preface



Introduction



The Study of Second Language Acquisition



Definitions



The Nature of Language



Sound Systems



Syntax



Morphology and the Lexicon



Semantics



Pragmatics



The Nature of Nonnative Speaker Knowledge



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



Looking at Interlanguage Data



Data Analysis



Data Set I: Plurals



Data Set II: Verb + -ing Markers



Data Set III: Prepositions



What Data Analysis Does Not Reveal



Data Collection



Data Elicitation



Standardized Language Tests



Tests From Psychology



Language-Elicitation Measure



Replication



Issues in Data Analysis



What Is Acquisition?



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



The Role of the Native Language: an Historical Overview



An Historical Perspective



Psychological Background



Linguistic Background



Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis



Error Analysis



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



Child Language Acquisition: First and Second



Child First Language Acquisition



Babbling



Words



Sounds and Pronunciation



Syntax



Morphology



Theories of Learning



Child Second Language Acquisition



Child Second Language Morpheme Order Studies



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



Recent Perspectives on the Role of Previously Known Languages



Morpheme Order Studies



Revised Perspectives on the Role of the Native Language



Avoidance



Differential Learning Rates



Different Paths



Overproduction



Predictability/Selectivity



Interlanguage Transfer



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



Sla and Linguistics



Language Universals



Typological Universals



Test Case I: The Accessibility Hierarchy



Test Case II: The Acquisition of Questions



Test Case III: Voiced/Voiceless Consonants



Typological Universals: Conclusions



Tense and Aspect



The Aspect Hypothesis



The Discourse Hypothesis



Phonology



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



Universal Grammar



Universal Grammar



Initial State



UG Principles



UG Parameters



Falsification: UG and Typological Universals



Transfer: The UG Perspective



Levels of Representation



Clustering



Learnability



Minimalist Program



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



Looking at Interlanguage Processes



The Competition Model



The Monitor Model



The Acquisition--Learning Hypothesis



The Natural Order Hypothesis



The Monitor Hypothesis



The Input Hypothesis



The Affective Filter Hypothesis



Critiques of the Monitor Model



The Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis



The Natural Order Hypothesis



The Monitor Hypothesis



The Input Hypothesis



The Affective Filter Hypothesis



Alternative Modes of Knowledge Representation



The Nature of Knowledge



The Nature of Learning



Automaticity and Restructuring



Connectionism



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



Interlanguage in Context



Variation



Systematic Variation



Linguistic Context



Social Context Relating to the Native Language



Social Context Relating to Interlocutor, Task Type, and Conversational Topic



Communication Strategies



Interlanguage Pragmatics



Conclusion: SLA and Other Disciplines


Points for Discussion



Input, Interaction, and Output



Input



Comprehension



Interaction



Output



Hypothesis Testing



Feedback



Automaticity



Meaning-Based to Grammatically Based Processing



The Role of Input and Interaction in Language Learning



Attention



Contrast Theory



Metalinguistic Awareness



Limitations of Input



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



Instructed Second Language Learning



Classroom Language



Input Processing



Teachability/Learnability



Focus on Form



Timing



Forms to Focus On



Uniqueness of Instruction



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



Nonlanguage Influences



Research Traditions



Linguistics



Psychology



Psycholinguistics



Social Distance



Age Differences



Aptitude



Motivation



Motivation Over the Long Term and the Short Term



Motivations as a Function of Success



Anxiety



Locus of Control



Personality Factors



Extroversion and Introversion



Risk Taking



Field Independence



Learning Strategies



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



The Lexicon



The Significance of the Lexicon



Lexical Knowledge



Lexical Information



Word Associations



Incidental Vocabulary Learning



Incremental Vocabulary Learning



Memory Metaphors



Lexical Skills



Production



Perception



Word Formation



Word Combinations, Collocations, and Phraseology



Conclusion


Points for Discussion



An Integrated View of Second Language Acquisition



An Integration of Subareas



Apperceived Input



Comprehended Input



Intake



Integration



Output



Conclusion


Points for Discussion


References


Glossary


Author Index


Subject Index