Universal grammar in second language acquisition: a history
by Thomas, Margaret (, Margaret Ann) (
"From the ancient Mediterranean world to the present day, our conceptions of what is universal in language have interacted with our experiences of language learning. This book tells two stories: the story of how scholars in the west have conceived of the fact that human languages share important properties despite their obvious differences; and the story of how westerners have understood the nature of second or foreign language learning." "In narrating these two stories, the author argues that …
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- Full title :Universal grammar in second language acquisition : a history / Margaret Thomas.
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"From the ancient Mediterranean world to the present day, our conceptions of what is universal in language have interacted with our experiences of language learning. This book tells two stories: the story of how scholars in the west have conceived of the fact that human languages share important properties despite their obvious differences; and the story of how westerners have understood the nature of second or foreign language learning." "In narrating these two stories, the author argues that modern second language acquisition theory needs to reassess what counts as its own past. The book addresses Greek contributions to the prehistory of universal grammar, Roman bilingualism, the emergence of the first foreign language grammars in the early Middle Ages, and the Medieval speculative grammarians' efforts to define the essentials of human language." "Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquisition is a remarkable contribution to the history of linguistics, and will be essential reading for students and scholars of linguistics, specialists in second language acquisition and language teacher-educators."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
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- Publication Date:2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
Notes
Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 11 juillet 2008).
The Physical Object
- Description:1 ressource en ligne (vii, 262 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9786610036738, 661003673X
- oclc:ocn300371227
- LC Classification:P118.2
- Dewey Decimal:418/.009
Table of Contents
Ancient Greece and Rome -- Languages and language learning from late antiquity to the Carolingian renaissance -- The Middle Ages -- From discovery of the particular to seventeenth-century universal languages -- General grammar through the nineteenth century -- Conceptualization of universal grammar and second language learning in the twentieth century.
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