Research Catalog

Title

Spanish second language acquisition : state of the science / Barbara A. Lafford and Rafael Salaberry, editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lafford, Barbara Armstrong.
• Salaberry, M. Rafael.

Description

xii, 332 pages; 26 cm

Summary

"Spanish Second Language Acquisition provides a panoramic overview of previous studies on the acquisition of Spanish as a second or foreign language, the theoretical approaches used in these studies, and the effects of various pedagogical approaches on the development of Spanish interlanguage systems. While the focus is on the acquisition of Spanish as a second language, this is also an extremely useful volume for second language theoreticians and practitioners involved in all aspects of the pedagogy of other second languages. Students, teachers, program administrators, and scholars alike will benefit from the insights that the contributors bring to the myriad issues that language professionals confront."--Jacket.

Subject

• Spanish language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers
• Second language acquisition
• Spanish language > Grammar
• 18.31 Spanish language
• 17.43 second language acquisition
• Tweedetaalverwerving
• Spaans

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Phonology. Staking out the territory at the turn of the century : integrating phonological theory, research, and the effect of formal instruction on pronunciation in the acquisition of Spanish as a second language / A. Raymond Elliott -- Tense/Aspect. The development of tense/aspect morphology in Spanish as a second language / Silvina Montrul and Rafael Salaberry -- Subjunctive/Syntax. The development of subjunctive and complex-syntactic abilities among foreign language learners of Spanish / Joseph G. Collentine -- Clitics. Cognitive and linguistic perspectives on the acquisition of object pronouns in Spanish as a second language / James F. Lee -- Lexicon. The acquisition of lexical meaning by second language learners : an analysis of general research trends with evidence from Spanish / Barbara A. Lafford, Joseph G. Collentine, and Adam S. Karp -- Pragmatics/Discourse. Pragmatics and discourse analysis in Spanish second language acquisition research and pedagogy / Dale A. Koike, Lynn Pearson, and Caryn Witten -- Generative perspectives. Current issues in the generative study of Spanish second language syntax / Liliana Sánchez and Almeida Jacqueline Toribio -- Cognitive perspectives. Cognitive perspectives on the acquisition of Spanish as a second language / Paola E. Dussias -- Sociocultural perspectives. Sociocultural theory and the acquisition of Spanish as a second language / Marta Antón, Frederick J. Dicamilla, and James P. Lantolf -- Instruction. The role of instruction in Spanish second language acquisition / Charles Grove.

ISBN

• 0878409076
• 9780878409075

LCCN

2002013809

OCLC

• ocm50496372
• 50496372
• SCSB-1366821

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library