Universal Grammar in Second-Language Acquisition: A History

by Margaret Thomas

Book Overview

From the ancient Mediterranean world to the present day, our conceptions of what is universal in language have interacted with our experiences of language learning. This book tells two stories: the story of how scholars in the west have conceived of the fact that human languages share important properties despite their obvious differences, and the story of how westerners have understood the nature of second or foreign language learning.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415310377
• ISBN13: 9780415310376
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"