Publications

Publication details [#47652]

Doughty, Catherine and Mike Long, eds. 2005. The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. Blackwell Publishers.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

biological origins of language | cognitive science | L2-acquisition | language proficiency | psychology

Annotation

This volume presents discussions of (sometimes controversial) core issues in second language acquisition studies, such as second language acquisition's biological and cognitive foundations, mechanisms and processes; constraints on second language acquisition and its ultimate proficiency level; and second language acquisition's status as a cognitive science.