The Neurobiology of Affect in Language Learning

By John Schumann and John H. Schumann

Book Overview

This book presents a theory of how the psychology and neurobiology of stimulus appraisal influences the variability in second language acquisition. It then extends the notion of affect developed for second language acquisition to primary language acquisition and to cognition in general. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field, this book is an important research tool for students and professors of language studies and linguistics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631210105
• ISBN13: 9780631210108
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"