Table of contents
Preface
About the contributors
Part I: Introduction1
The past, present and future of French in applied linguistics
Part II: Core aspects of the second language acquisition of French49
French phonology and L2 acquisition
Syntax-semantics in English-French interlanguage: Advancing understanding of second language epistemology
L2 functional categories: Syntactic development and morphological mapping
The second language acquisition of grammatical gender and agreement
Interlanguage pragmatics in L2 French
Diachronic and/or synchronic variation? The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in L2 French
Part III: French in applied linguistics237
Language ideology and foreign language pedagogy
Affective variables, attitude and personality in context
Lexical creativity in L2 French and natural language generation
Growing up bilingual in French and French Sign Language
Using electronic corpora in SLA research
Issues in French applied linguistics in West Africa
Epilogue
French in Louisiana: A view from the ground
References
English-French Glossary
Name index
Subject index
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