Istvan Kecskes,T?nde Papp's Foreign Language and Mother Tongue PDF

By Istvan Kecskes,T?nde Papp

this can be the 1st publication that discusses the influence of international language studying on first language processing. The authors argue that multilingual improvement is a dynamic and cumulative method characterised by way of move of other nature, and ends up in a standard underlying conceptual base with or extra language channels that consistently engage with one another.

Language illustration and processing are mentioned from a cognitive-pragmatic instead of a lexical-syntactic point of view. This required the evaluation of numerous an important problems with L2 acquisition, corresponding to move, vocabulary improvement, conceptual fluency, and pragmatic abilities. The authors additionally reviewed a wide physique of literature referring to cognitive psychology, linguistics, psycholinguistics, SLA, philosophy, and schooling in an effort to clarify multilingual improvement and the optimistic influence of international language studying at the first language.

a major learn for linguists and language educators alike, this quantity:
* makes an attempt to give an explanation for multilingual improvement from a cognitive-pragmatic viewpoint,
* argues that international language studying has a favorable impact at the improvement and use of mom tongue talents,
* depends upon learn findings of a number of assorted disciplines,
* builds at the result of quantitative study carried out by way of the authors, and
touches on quite a lot of literature.

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