Fifteen international scholars contribute 12 chapters examining the interaction between typology and second language acquisition. Coverage includes relative clauses in early bilingual development of Cantonese-English speakers; the functions of indefinite pronouns in non- native …
Knowledge transmission
by Wright, Stephen, (Stephen John)
fromRoutledge focus on philosophy
Our knowledge of the world comes from various sources. But it is sometimes said that testimony, unlike other sources, transmits knowledge from one person to another. In this book, Stephen Wright investigates what the transmission of knowledge involves and the role that it should…
This book marks the first-ever collection of papers in English on the acquisition of Japanese as a second language. Its overarching goal is to broaden and deepen the field of SLA research by focusing on Japanese rather than on more commonly studied European languages. Broad in s…
Governance and sustainability in information systems: managing the transfer and diffusion of IT
by Nüttgens, Markus, IFIP WG 8.6 International Working Conference on Governance and Sustainability in Information Systems, Hamburg, Germany), International Federation for Information Processing
fromIFIP advances in information and communication technology
Does a knowledge of Latin facilitate he learning of computer programming? Does skill in geometry make it easier to learn music? The issue of the transfer of learning from one domain to another is a classic problem in psychology as well as an educational question of great importa…
