LINGUIST List 15.1632

Mon May 24 2004

Books: History of Linguistics: Thomas

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    Message 1: Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics: Thomas

     Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 05:34:41 -0400 (EDT)
    From: sally.tillbrook <sally.tillbrookroutledge.co.uk>
    Subject: Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics: Thomas




    Title: Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquisition Subtitle: A History Series Title: Routledge Studies in the History of Linguistics

    Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com/

    Author: Margaret Thomas, Boston College

    Hardback: ISBN: 0415310377, Pages: 272, Price: U.K. � 65.00

    Abstract:

    >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.

    Lingfield(s): Applied Linguistics History of Linguistics Language Acquisition Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)

    See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=10310.







































































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