| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
AILA Applied linguistics series, 1875-1113 ; v. 9 |
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AILA applied linguistics series ; v. 9.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Florence Myles -- Introduction / María del Pilar García, M. Junkal Gutierrez Mangado and María Martínez Adrían -- What is easy and what is hard to acquire in a second language : a generative perspective / Roumyana Slabakova -- Systemic functional approaches to second language acquisition in school settings / Ana Llinares -- From input, output and comprehension to negotiation, evidence, and attention : an overview of theory and research on learner interaction and SLA / Teresa Pica -- Skill acquisition theory and the role of practice in L2 development / Roy Lyster and Masatoshi Sato -- The input processing theory in second language acquisition / Alessandro Benati -- Processability theory : explaining developmental sequences / Gisela Håkansson -- Sociocultural theory and second language development : theoretical foundations and insights from research / Gabriela Adela Gánem-Gutiérrez -- Investigating L2 spoken syntax : a usage-based perspective / Regina Weinert, María Basterrechea and María del Pilar García Mayo -- Connectionist models of second language acquisition / Ping Li and Xiowei Zhao -- Dynamic systems theory as a comprehensive theory of second language development / Kees de Bot, Wander Lowie, Steven L. Thorne and Marjolijn Verspoor -- Electrophysiology of second language processing : the past, present and future / Laura Sabourin, Christie Brien and Marie-Claude Tremblay -- On multiplicity and mutual exclusivity : the case for different SLA theories / Jason Rothman and Bill VanPatten |
| Summary |
This chapter reviews past and current contributions from event-related brain potential (ERP) research to the field of L2 processing. ERPs are able to measure cognitive brain processes at a very fine-grained temporal resolution and allow for determining when linguistic processes are occurring. The technique allows for investigations of whether L1 and L2 processing differences are mainly due to the fact that L2 processing takes longer or whether different neural procedures (as evidenced by different components being present) occur in L1 and L2 processing. Findings from studies of monolingual, bi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- General.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching
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Second language acquisition
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
García Mayo, María del Pilar, editor
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| LC no. |
2012048059 |
| ISBN |
9789027272225 |
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9027272220 |
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1299190332 |
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9781299190337 |
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