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Gass, Susan M.,

Second language acquisition : an introductory course / Susan M. Gass with Jennifer Behney and Luke Plonsky, Michigan State University, Youngstown State University and Northern Arizona University. - Fourth edition. - xxiv, 623 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Includes glossary.


Includes bibliographical references and index.


1. Introduction -- 2. Second and Foreign Language Data -- 3. Where do Data Come From? -- 4. The Role of the Native Language: An Historical Overview -- 5. The Transition Period -- 6. Alternative Approaches to the Role of Previously Known Languages -- 7. Formal Approaches to SLA -- 8. The Lexicon -- 9. Typological and Functional Approaches -- 10. Looking at Interlanguage Processing -- 11. Interlanguage in Context -- 12. Input, interaction, and Output -- 13. Instructed Second Language Learning -- 14. Non-Language Influences -- 15. Related Disciplines -- 16. An Integrated View of Second Language Acquisition.

ISBN: 9780415894951 0415894956

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Second language acquisition.
Interaction analysis in education.

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Index Terms--Genre/Form: --Reading book

Dewey Class. No.: 418 / GAS