The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

Copyright © 2003 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

Editor(s): Catherine J. Doughty, Michael H. Long

Published Online: 11 JAN 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631217541

Online ISBN: 9780470756492

DOI: 10.1002/9780470756492

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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

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      Frontmatter (pages I–X)

  2. Part I: Overview

    1. Chapter 1

      The Scope of Inquiry and Goals of SLA (pages 1–16)

      Catherine J. Doughty and Michael H. Long

  3. Part II: Capacity and Representation

    1. Chapter 2

      On the Nature of Interlanguage Representation: Universal Grammar in the Second Language (pages 18–42)

      Lydia White

    2. Chapter 3

      The Radical Middle: Nativism without Universal Grammar (pages 43–62)

      William O'Grady

    3. Chapter 4

      Constructions, Chunking, and Connectionism: The Emergence of Second Language Structure (pages 63–103)

      Nick C. Ellis

    4. Chapter 5

      Cognitive Processes in Second Language Learners and Bilinguals: The Development of Lexical and Conceptual Representations (pages 104–129)

      Judith F. Kroll and Gretchen Sunderman

    5. Chapter 6

      Near-Nativeness (pages 130–151)

      Antonella Sorace

  4. Part III: Environments for SLA

    1. Chapter 7

      Language Socialization in SLA (pages 154–177)

      Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo and Sarah Nielsen

    2. Chapter 8

      Social Context (pages 178–223)

      Jeff Siegel

    3. Chapter 9

      Input and Interaction (pages 224–255)

      Susan M. Gass

    4. Chapter 10

      Instructed SLA: Constraints, Compensation, and Enhancement (pages 256–310)

      Catherine J. Doughty

  5. Part IV: Processes in SLA

    1. Chapter 11

      Implicit and Explicit Learning (pages 312–348)

      Robert DeKeyser

    2. Chapter 12

      Incidental and Intentional Learning (pages 349–381)

      Jan H. Hulstijn

    3. Chapter 13

      Automaticity and Second Languages (pages 382–408)

      Norman Segalowitz

    4. Chapter 14

      Variation (pages 410–435)

      Suzanne Romaine

    5. Chapter 15

      Cross-Linguistic Influence (pages 436–486)

      Terence Odlin

    6. Chapter 16

      Stabilization and Fossilization in Interlanguage Development (pages 487–535)

      Michael H. Long

  6. Part V: Biological and Psychological Constraints

    1. Chapter 17

      Maturational Constraints in SLA (pages 538–588)

      Kenneth Hyltenstam and Niclas Abrahamsson

    2. Chapter 18

      Individual Differences in Second Language Learning (pages 589–630)

      Zoltán Dörnyei and Peter Skehan

    3. Chapter 19

      Attention and Memory during SLA (pages 631–678)

      Peter Robinson

    4. Chapter 20

      Language Processing Capacity (pages 679–714)

      Manfred Pienemann

  7. Part VI: Research Methods

    1. Chapter 21

      Defining and Measuring SLA (pages 716–761)

      John Norris and Lourdes Ortega

    2. Chapter 22

      Data Collection in SLA Research (pages 762–828)

      Craig Chaudron

  8. Part VII: The State of SLA

    1. Chapter 23

      SLA Theory: Construction and Assessment (pages 830–865)

      Kevin R. Gregg

    2. Chapter 24

      SLA and Cognitive Science (pages 866–870)

      Michael H. Long and Catherine J. Doughty

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      Index (pages 871–888)

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