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    Discontinuity in Second Language Acquisition: The Switch between Statistical and Grammatical Learning

    By Stefano Rastelli

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    With a particular focus on the morphosyntactic features of second language, this book discusses the idea that language acquisition is a discontinuous and 'quantized' process and thus that some items might be learned twice, statistically and grammatically. It argues that the switch from one way of learning to another is statistically-driven and grammatically motivated. The volume brings together and discusses insights and evidence from learner corpora analysis and electrophysiological data in an attempt to provide the reader with a unified outlook and it suggests a new, developmentally-oriented interpretation of findings. The topics discussed will be of interest to researchers working in the field of psycho- and neurolinguistics and SLA.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMultilingual Matters
    Release dateSep 12, 2014
    ISBN9781783092482
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    Discontinuity in Second Language Acquisition: The Switch between Statistical and Grammatical Learning
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    Stefano Rastelli

    Stefano Rastelli teaches Second Language Acquisition at the Universities of Pavia and Verona, Italy. He is an associate member of CAROLE (Center for Advanced Research and Outreach in Language Education), University of Greenwich. His research focuses on second language processing and syntactic theory and he has published numerous research articles in international journals.

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