The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism

Book Overview

When humans learn languages, are they also learning how to create shared meaning? In The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism, a cadre of international experts say yes and offer cutting-edge research in usage-based linguistics to explore how language acquisition, in particular multilingual language acquisition, works.

Each chapter presents an original study that supports the view that language learning is initiated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626163243
• ISBN13: 9781626163249
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher