Adult Language Acquisition: Volume 1, Field Methods
Cross-Linguistic Perspectives
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Product details:
- Edition number and title Field Methods v.1
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 30 July 1993
- ISBN 9780521417082
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 238x159x27 mm
- Weight 568 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 20 tables 0
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Short description:
Crosslinguistic investigation of adult second language acquisition in a new social environment.
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These two volumes present the methodology and results of an international research project on second language acquisition by adult immigrants. This project went beyond other studies in at least three respects: in the number of languages studied simultaneously; in the organisation of co-ordinated longitudinal studies in different linguistic environments; and in the type and range of linguistic phenomena investigated. It placed the study of second languages and inter-ethnic discourse on a firm empirical footing. Volume 1 explains and evaluates the research design adopted for the project. Volume 2 summarises the cross-linguistic results, under two main headings: native/non-native speaker interaction, and language production. Together they present the reader with a complete research procedure, and in doing so, make explicit the links between research questions, methodology, and results.
"All in all, this was clearly a valuable project whose results will be referred to widely. The two volumes will be of particular interest to acquisition researchers working within a functional framework." Canadian Journal of Linguistics
Table of Contents:
1. Aims of the ESF project; 2. Previous longitudinal studies; 3. Who are the adult immigrants?; 4. Research areas: some communicative tasks for the learner; 5. Research design; 6. Data collection techniques; 7. Transcription, storage and retrieval of data; 8. Measuring language acquisition; Appendices; References.
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