Cognate vocabulary in language acquisition and use : attitudes, awareness, activation /
Author / Creator: | Otwinowska, Agnieszka, author. |
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Imprint: | Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2015] |
Description: | xiii, 286 pages ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Second Language Acquisition ; 93 Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; 93. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10390348 |
Summary: | This book brings together linguistic, psycholinguistic and educational perspectives on the phenomenon of cognate vocabulary across languages. It presents a large-scale, long-term research project focusing on Polish-English cognates and their use by bilingual and multilingual learners/users of English. It discusses extensive qualitative and quantitative data to explain which factors affect a learner's awareness of cognates, how adult learners can benefit from raised awareness and whether cognate vocabulary can be used with younger learners as a motivational strategy. The work shows how cognate vocabulary can be examined from a range of methodological perspectives and provides considerable insights into crosslinguistic influences in language learning. While the focus of the studies is Polish-English cognates, the research will be of interest to anyone teaching learners of different language constellations, levels, ages and backgrounds. |
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Physical Description: | xiii, 286 pages ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781783094387 (hbk : alk. paper) 1783094389 (hbk : alk. paper) 9781783094370 (pbk : alk. paper) 1783094370 (pbk : alk. paper) 9781783094394 (ebook) |