{"product_id":"the-usage-based-study-of-language-learning-and-multilingualism-paperback","title":"The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLourdes Ortega\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAndrea E. Tyler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHae in Park\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen humans learn languages, are they also learning how to create shared meaning? In \u003ci\u003eThe Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter presents an original study that supports the view that language learning is initiated through local and meaningful communication with others. Over an accumulated history of such usage, people gradually create more abstract, interactive schematic representations, or a mental grammar. This process of acquiring language is the same for infants and adults and across varied contexts, such as the family, the classroom, the laboratory, a hospital, or a public encounter. Employing diverse methodologies to study this process, the contributors here work with target languages, including Cantonese, English, French, French Sign Language, German, Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Spanish, and Swedish, and offer a much-needed exploration of this growing area of linguistic research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLourdes Ortega\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown Univeristy. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Second Language Acquisition\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eTechnology-Mediated TBLT: Researching Technology and Tasks\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Tyler \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. She is a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eLanguage in Use: Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives on Language and Language Learning.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHae In Park\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral student in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarika Uno\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral student in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47406767669426,"sku":"9781626163249","price":107.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/f33d4f90553a30c0398cb8e5b9c354d3.webp?v=1778206576","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-usage-based-study-of-language-learning-and-multilingualism-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}