Individual Differences in First and Second Language Ultimate Attainment and their Causes (Currents in Language Learning) - Softcover

Dabrowska, Ewa; Andringa, Sible

 
9781119600473: Individual Differences in First and Second Language Ultimate Attainment and their Causes (Currents in Language Learning)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1119600472 ISBN 13: 9781119600473
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Most language acquisition researchers assume, either implicitly or explicitly, that all first language learners converge on the same grammar. This outcome contrasts sharply with the outcome of L2 acquisition, which is characterized by large individual differences, particularly in adult learners. Futhermore, adult learners rarely, if ever, attain native-like competence. In this issue, eminent scholars from both first and second language acquisition investigate potential causes of individual differences in ultimate attainment. In doing so, they challenge the concept of nativeness and the role of the native speaker in ultimate attainment, they provide further insight into how cognitive ability affects acquisition and attainment, and they problematize the role of time and temporal grainsize in studying ultimate attainment. Taken together, the work presented in this issue provides expectations and lays out the challenges before us on the road to understanding the caues of individual differences in ultimate attainment.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ewa Dabrowska is Alexander von Humboldt Professor in Language and Cognition at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität-Erlangen-Nürnberg as well as Profressor of Linguistics at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses around three main themes: individual differences in linguistic knowledge in both native and non-native speakers and their causes; the mental status of linguistic units and generalizations, and the role of lexically specific units in language acquisition and production.

Sible Andringa is Assitant Professor in the Department of Dutch studies at the University of Amsterdam. His work focuses on the role of input, instruction and awareness in early and late second language learning.

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Verlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1119600472
ISBN 13 
9781119600473
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
236
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