What is language and how can we investigate its acquisition by children or adults? What perspectives exist from which to view acquisition? What internal constraints and external factors shape acquisition? What are the properties of interlanguage systems? This comprehensive 31-chapter handbook is an authoritative survey of second language acquisition (SLA). Its multi-perspective synopsis on recent developments in SLA research provides significant contributions by established experts and widely recognized younger talent.
Stability and Divergence in Language Contact: Factors and Mechanisms (Studies in Language Variation, Book 16)
Convergence, i.e. the increase of inter-systemic similarities, is usually considered the default development in language contact situations. This volume focuses on the other logical possibilities of diachronic development, namely stability and divergence – two well-attested, but under-researched phenomena. The contributions investigate the sociolinguistic and structural factors and mechanisms that lead to or at least reinforce both types of non-convergence, despite of language contact. The contributions cover a wide range of language contact situations, including standard and non-standard varieties.
Language Variation - European Perspectives IV: Selected papers from the Sixth International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 6)
The eighteen contributions in this volume are based on papers presented at the 6th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 6), which was held at the University of Freiburg, Germany, from June 29 to July 1, 2011.
Язык общения.Английский для успешной коммуникации. Language of communication
Книга адресована всем изучающим английский язык и может быть использована как на занятиях в группе, так и для самостоятельной работы.
В пособии рассмотрены 13 тем. Каждая тема включает в себя тексты, содержащие сведения по межкультурной коммуникации, упражнения и советы, как, например, успешно выступать на презентации, проводить деловые переговоры и т.д.
Языковые клише помогают не тратить время на поиск нужной формулировки и чувствовать себя уверенно в любой ситуации, поэтому автор дает для запоминания устойчивые выражения к каждой теме.
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