Portraits of the L2 User / / ed. by Vivian Cook.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bialystok, Ellen,; Bot, Kees de,; Cook, Vivian,; Dewaele, Jean-Marc,; Fabbro, Franco,; Flynn, Suzanne,; Genesee, Fred,; Groot, Annette de,; Hulsen, Madeleine,; Lust, Barbara,; Major, Roy,; Matos, Francisco Gomes de,; Pavlenko, Aneta,; Perdue, Clive,
• HerausgeberIn: Cook, Vivian,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Second Language Acquisition
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)

Portraits of the L2 User treats second language users in their own right rather than as failed native speakers. It describes a range of psychological and linguistic approaches to diverse topics about L2 users. It thus provides an innovative overview of current second language acquisition theories, results and methods, seen from a common perspective.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1. Background to the L2 User -- 2. Lexical Representation and Lexical Processing in the L2 User -- 3. The Phonology of the L2 User -- 4. A Minimalist Approach to L2 Solves a Dilemma of UG -- 5. Development of L2 Functional Use -- 6. Cognitive Processes of L2 Users -- 7. Portrait of the Bilingual Child -- 8. The Neurolinguistics of L2 Users -- 9. Individual Differences in L2 Fluency: The Effect of Neurobiological Correlates -- 10. Language Attrition: Tests, Self-assessments and Perceptions -- 11. Poststructuralist Approaches to the Study of Social Factors in Second Language Learning and Use -- 12. Second Language Learners’ Rights -- 13. Language Teaching Methodology and the L2 User Perspective -- Index