The earliest stages of language learning:

"This volume provides a state-of-the art overview of what we know about the cognitive and neurobiological aspects of the adult capacity for language learning. Brings together studies from several fields that examine learning from multiple perspectives using various methods. Covers linguistic do...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ Wiley 2010
Series:Language learning / Supplement 60,2
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"This volume provides a state-of-the art overview of what we know about the cognitive and neurobiological aspects of the adult capacity for language learning. Brings together studies from several fields that examine learning from multiple perspectives using various methods. Covers linguistic domains ranging from phonology and semantics to morphosyntax. Will inform and extend further studies of language learning in multiple disciplines."--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Machine generated contents note: 1. The Earliest Stages of Language Learning: Introduction (Peter Indefrey & Marianne Gullberg). -- 2. Adult Language Learning after Minimal Exposure to an Unknown Natural Language (Marianne Gullberg, Leah Roberts, Christine Dimroth, Kim Veroude, & Peter Indefrey). -- 3. Neurocognition of New Word Learning in the Native Tongue: Lessons from the Ancient Farming Equipment Paradigm (Matti Laine & Riitta Salmelin). -- 4. A Complementary Systems Account of Word Learning in L1 and L2 (Shane Lindsay & M. Gareth Gaskell). -- 5. The Role of Linguistic Input in the First Hours of Adult Language Learning (Rebekah Rast). -- 6. Learned Attention Effects in Second Language Acquisition (L2A) of Temporal Reference in Latin and Spanish: The First Hour and the Next Eight Semesters (Nick C. Ellis & Nuria Sagarra). -- 7. Short-term Grammatical Plasticity in Adult Language Learners (Douglas J. Davidson). -- 8. Brain Potentials Reveal Discrete Stages of L2 Grammatical Learnin (Judith McLaughlin, Darren Tanner, Ilona Pitka;nen, Cheryl Frenck-Mestre, Kayo Inoue, Geoffrey Valentine, & Lee Osterhout). -- 9. Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms Sustaining Rule Learning from Speech (Ruth de Diego-Balaguer & Diana Lopez-Barroso). -- 10. Artificial Language Learning in Adults and Children (Vasiliki Folia, Julia Udde;n, Meinou de Vries, Christian Forkstam, & Karl Magnus Petersson). -- 11. Initial Incidental Acquisition of Word Order Regularities: Is It Just Sequence Learning? (John N. Williams). -- 12. Implicit Artificial Grammar, and Incidental Natural Second Language Learning: How Comparable Are They? (Peter Robinson). -- Author Index. -- Subject Index
Physical Description:VI, 283 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:9781444338768

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