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1 online resource (xiii, 229 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: High-Level Proficiency and the Concept of Nativelikeness in Second Language and Multilingual Research Practice; 1 Age Effects on Language Acquisition, Retention and Loss: Key Hypotheses and Findings; 2 The Last Barriers in High-Level L2 Speech: Morphosyntax in Focus; 3 Discourse and Interaction in Highly Proficient L2 Users; 4 Formulaic Language in Advanced Long-Residency L2 Speakers |
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5 Developing Lexical Complexity in Oral Production: Limitations and Possibilities of the Advanced L2 Learner6 Reading Comprehension in Advanced L2 Readers; 7 Polyglotism: A Synergy of Abilities and Predispositions; 8 What's the Target?: A Folk Linguistic Study of Young Stockholmers' Constructions of Linguistic Norm and Variation; Index |
| Summary |
The issue of high-level language proficiency in other than monolingual contexts can be approached from a variety of perspectives, including linguistic/structural; psycholinguistic/cognitive and sociolinguistic/societal. Bringing together a team of experts, this volume takes a novel empirical approach to the subject combined with an up-to-date understanding of these research areas, to answer two important research questions in the field of second language acquisition: what conditions allow learners to attain an outstanding level of proficiency in a second language, and what factors still prevent them from becoming entirely like first language speakers. Looking at a range of European languages including English, French, Italian, Spanish and Swedish, it provides important insights into second language use at the highest levels as well as in high-proficient mixed language use in multicultural settings. A useful tool for both language teaching and language teacher training, it provides a solid grounding for further study in this important area of research |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Second language acquisition.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
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Language and languages -- Ability testing.
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Multilingualism.
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Linguistics.
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Language Tests
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Linguistics
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linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Language and languages -- Ability testing
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching
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Linguistics
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Multilingualism
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Second language acquisition
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hyltenstam, Kenneth, editor.
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Bartning, Inge, editor.
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Fant, Lars, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781316814765 |
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1316814769 |
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9781316809686 |
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1316809684 |
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