Description: Further DetailsTitle: Second Language Writing SystemsCondition: NewISBN-10: 1853597937EAN: 9781853597930ISBN: 9781853597930Publisher: Multilingual MattersFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/23/2005Description: Second Language Writing Systems looks at how people learn and use a second language writing system, arguing that they are affected by characteristics of the first and second writing systems, to a certain extent independently of the languages involved. This book presents for the first time the effects of writing systems on language reading and writing and on language awareness, and provides a new platform for discussing bilingualism, biliteracy and writing systems. The approach is interdisciplinary, with contributions not only from applied linguists and psychologists but also corpus linguists, educators and phoneticians. A variety of topics are covered, from handwriting to spelling, word recognition to the mental lexicon, and language textbooks to metalinguistic awareness. Though most of the studies concern adult L2 learners and users, other populations covered include minority children, immersion students and bilingual children. While the emphasis is on English as the L2 writing system, many other writing systems are analysed as L1 or L2: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, Gujarati, Indonesian, Irish, Italian and Japanese. Approaches that are represented include contrastive analysis, transfer, poststructuralism, connectionism and corpus analysis. The readership is SLA and bilingualism researchers, students and teachers around the world; language teachers will also find much food for thought.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 700gContributor: Vivian Cook (Edited by), Benedetta Bassetti (Edited by)Genre: Language & ReferenceBook Series: Second Language AcquisitionAuthor: Vivian CookRelease Year: 2005 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Second Language Writing Systems
Title: Second Language Writing Systems
ISBN-10: 1853597937
EAN: 9781853597930
ISBN: 9781853597930
Release Date: 05/23/2005
Release Year: 2005
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Contributor: Benedetta Bassetti (Edited by)
Genre: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 464 Pages
Publication Name: Second Language Writing Systems
Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Style Manuals, Communication Studies, Study & Teaching, Linguistics / General
Publication Year: 2005
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 24.7 Oz
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Benedetta Bassetti
Item Length: 9.2 in
Series: Second Language Acquisition Ser.
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
