Performance and Competence in Second Language Acquisition Paperback / softback
Edited by Gillian (University of Cambridge) Brown, Kirsten (University of Cambridge) Malmkjaer, John (University of Cambridge) Williams
Part of the Cambridge Applied Linguistics series
Paperback / softback
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This original collection revisits and re-evaluates Chomsky's classic competence/performance distinction from a wide variety of perspectives and areas of expertise.
The discussion is placed within a broad framework, taking account of a view of language both as a societal construct and as internal, developing within the mind and/or brain.
Renowned experts in the fields of lexis, sociolinguistics, connectionism, Universal Grammar, language testing and interlanguage draw together ideas from the most recent developments in second language learning and psychological theory.
Germane to their debate is the question of whether it is helpful, or in principle possible, to draw a distinction between competence and performance in second language learning.
The volume will be of interest to teachers, researchers and students of applied linguistics, education and general linguistics.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages, 15 Tables, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/03/1996
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- ISBN:9780521558617
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages, 15 Tables, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/03/1996
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- ISBN:9780521558617
