Third or Additional Language Acquisition (Second Language Acquisition)
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: August 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781847690036
Subjects: Bilingualism & multilingualism; Language acquisition; Education; Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books; English as a Second Language; Linguistics; Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language; Bilingual Education; Language and languages; Multilingualism; Study and teaching
Description: "Third or Additional Language Acquisition examines research on the acquisition of languages beyond the L2 within four main areas of inquiry: crosslinguistic influence, multilingual speech production models, the multilingual lexicon and the impact of bi/multilingualism on cognitive development. The book critically examines the evidence available keeping two main questions in mind. The first is whether multilinguals should be considered as learners and speakers in their own right, and consequently whether the distinction between Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism, and Third or Additional Language Acquisition and Multilingualism is fully warranted. The second is how proficient in a non-native language learners are supposed to be before they can begin to be classified as multilingual learners in empirical research."--Jacket.