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Author Andrew, Patricia

Title The social construction of age : adult foreign language learners / Patricia Andrew
Published Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 180 pages) : illustrations
Series Second language acquisition ; [63]
Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; 63.
Contents pt. 1. Framing age as socially constructed -- pt. 2. The social construction of age in Mexico
Summary This book broaches the question of the social impact of age on language learners from a social constructionist perspective, thus filling a gap currently existing in the literature on age and second language acquisition
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Second language acquisition.
Language and languages -- Age differences.
Sociolinguistics.
Language and culture.
sociolinguistics.
Language acquisition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Psycholinguistics.
Language and culture
Language and languages -- Age differences
Second language acquisition
Sociolinguistics
Fremdsprachenlernen
Erwachsener
Soziolinguistik
Tweedetaalverwerving.
Leeftijd.
Volwassenen.
Kritieke periode.
Fremdsprachenlernen.
Altersunterschied.
Erwachsenenbildung.
Mexiko
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011048967
ISBN 9781847696151
1847696155
1280120916
9781280120916
9781847696168
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