First and Second Language Acquisition: Parallels and Differences
2011 | ISBN: 052155764X, 052155294X | 320 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB
Infants and very young children develop almost miraculously the ability of speech, without apparent effort, without even being taught - as opposed to the teenager or the adult struggling without, it seems, ever being able to reach the same level of proficiency as five-year olds in their first language. This useful textbook serves as a guide to different types of language acquisition: monolingual and bilingual first language development and child and adult second language acquisition.