Discontinuity in second language acquisition : the switch between statistical and grammatical learning / Stefano Rastelli

Author: Rastelli, Stefano
Published: Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2014]
Copyright Date: ©2014
Physical Description: 1 online resource

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Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; 80.

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.

Summary

With a particular focus on the morphosyntactic features of second language, this book discusses the idea that language acquisition is a discontinuous and ''quantized'' process and thus that some items might be learned twice, statistically and grammatically. It argues that the switch from one way of learning to another is statistically-driven and grammatically motivated. The volume brings together and discusses insights and evidence from learner corpora analysis and electrophysiological data in an attempt to provide the reader with a unified outlook and it suggests a new, developmentally-orient.

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ISBN

9781783092475 (electronic bk.)
1783092475 (electronic bk.)
9781783092482
1783092483
9781783092468 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1783092467 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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