The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition research. Discusses the biological and cognitive underpinnings of SLA, mechanisms, processes, and constraints on SLA, the level of ultimate attainment, research methods, and the status of SLA as a cognitive science. Includes contributions from twenty-seven of the world's leading scholars. Provides an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychology, applied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitive science.

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors viii Acknowledgments x I Overview 1 1 The Scope of Inquiry and Goals of SLA 3 Catherine J. Doughty and Michael H. Long II Capacity and Representation 17 2 On the Nature of Interlanguage Representation: Universal Grammar in the Second Language 19 Lydia White 3 The Radical Middle: Nativism without Universal Grammar 43 William O’Grady 4 Constructions, Chunking, and Connectionism: The Emergence of Second Language Structure 63 Nick C. Ellis 5 Cognitive Processes in Second Language Learners and Bilinguals: The Development of Lexical and Conceptual Representations 104 Judith F. Kroll and Gretchen Sunderman 6 Near-Nativeness 130 Antonella Sorace III Environments for Sla 153 7 Language Socialization in SLA 155 Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo and Sarah Nielsen 8 Social Context 178 Jeff Siegel 9 Input and Interaction 224 Susan M. Gass 10 Instructed SLA: Constraints, Compensation, and Enhancement 256 Catherine J. Doughty IV Processes in Sla 311 11 Implicit and Explicit Learning 313 Robert DeKeyser 12 Incidental and Intentional Learning 349 Jan H. Hulstijn 13 Automaticity and Second Languages 382 Norman Segalowitz 14 Variation 409 Suzanne Romaine 15 Cross-Linguistic Influence 436 Terence Odlin 16 Stabilization and Fossilization in Interlanguage Development 487 Michael H. Long V Biological and Psychological Constraints 537 17 Maturational Constraints in SLA 539 Kenneth Hyltenstam and Niclas Abrahamsson 18 Individual Differences in Second Language Learning 589 Zoltán Dörnyei and Peter Skehan 19 Attention and Memory during SLA 631 Peter Robinson 20 Language Processing Capacity 679 Manfred Pienemann VI Research Methods 715 21 Defining and Measuring SLA 717 John Norris and Lourdes Ortega 22 Data Collection in SLA Research 762 Craig Chaudron VII The State of Sla 829 23 SLA Theory: Construction and Assessment 831 Kevin R. Gregg 24 SLA and Cognitive Science 866 Michael H. Long and Catherine J. Doughty Index 871