The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1626163243
ISBN-13
9781626163249
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Imprint
Georgetown University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 16th, 2016
Print length
360 Pages
Weight
440 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.90 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Language acquisitionBilingualism & multilingualism
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The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism offers cutting-edge research from a cadre of international experts who agree that human language learning is a process of learning how to create shared meaning. The articles collected here present a much-needed exploration of this growing area of linguistic research.
Usage-based linguistics, which is currently very popular, bases its understanding of language on two key points: Languages are cognitive-social constructs (i.e., learned vs genetically endowed), and, in order for communication and meaning to happen, speakers must find a way to meet/understand each other, overcoming various differences (lexicon, social, register, etc.) to arrive there. In this book, high-level contributors combine research from various usage-based perspectives to explore these questions: How do proficient speakers accomplish ''mental contact'' or communication through the available semiotic linguistic resources they share with other members of their discourse community? How do young children learn to accomplish this? And how do speakers of multiple languages learn to accomplish this across languages?
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