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Provides insight on the acquisition of functional categories within the Minimalist Framework. This book examines the availability of Determiner Phrases in the grammar of young children acquiring Spanish as a first language. It addresses the language acquisition debate between the continuity and discontinuity hypothesis.

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The only comprehensive survey of research on formulaic language and L2 speech and the teaching implications of the link between them

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The only comprehensive survey of research on formulaic language and L2 speech and the teaching implications of the link between them

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Highlights the current trends and challenges of French learning in Nigeria's formal education system.

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Examines language acquisition and addresses the question of what it takes to set parameters defined in universal grammar. Lightfoot asserts that parameter-setting is not sensitive to embedded material, and that it is triggered only by robust elements that are structurally simple.

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With globalization and the ever-increasing migration of professionals, issues related to learning an additional language and culture in professional contexts are prominent in many contemporary societies. This book examines the relationship between identity, agency, and second language acquisition through the experiences of immigrant professionals.

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Provides clarity about the characteristics and notion of language proficiency in the field of second language acquisition. This title contains a variety of research accounts about the specific factors which have an effect on proficiency together with a theorised measurement of proficiency in second language research.

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Offers linguistics and English language students an overview of the key terms in second language acquisition. This book presents a list of key readings in second language acquisition, to signpost the reader towards classic articles, as well providing a springboard to further study.

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Suitable for linguistics and English language students, this book presents a comprehensive overview of all the key terms in second language acquisition. It includes definitions of key terms within second language acquisition, as well as accessible summaries of the key theories and thinkers.

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Presents the research in the field of language acquisition and development, and covers a range of languages and contexts. This book talks about language development and other language acquisition (second, foreign and additional), and focuses on issues directly relevant to both areas of investigation.

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Presents the research in the field of language acquisition and development, and covers a range of languages and contexts. This book talks about language development and other language acquisition (second, foreign and additional), and focuses on issues directly relevant to both areas of investigation.

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This text brings together scholars from a wide variety of linguistic orientations to describe language development from a relational perspective. The theme of ecology affords a fresh look into phenomena not encompassed by language acquisition or language socialization research alone.

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This text brings together scholars from a wide variety of linguistic orientations to describe language development from a relational perspective. The theme of ecology affords a fresh look into phenomena not encompassed by language acquisition or language socialization research alone.

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Assesses current assumptions about how language is acquired, remembered and retained as impulses in the brain, from the perspective of neurolinguistics.

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Assesses the assumptions about how language is acquired, remembered and retained as impulses in the brain, from the perspective of neurolinguistics, which is based on neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. The author argues that language is behaviour, which has evolved in human genetics through time.

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This volume features work on learning by researchers in various disciplines who share an interest in the systematic study of cognition and in the study of the formal and semantic aspects of language acquisition.

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Examines economic, social and political factors influencing language education, and presents a global perspective on English language acquisition.