Salience in Second Language Acquisition

Salience in Second Language Acquisition comprehensively brings together contributions from top SLA scholars in the first volume to focus exclusively on existing and current research on salience. A valuable resource, it defines and explores what makes a linguistic feature salient in sections on theory, perpetual salience, and constructed salience.

Author: Susan M. Gass
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 11/01/2017
Pages: 308
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781138225688

About the Author

Susan M. Gass is University Distinguished Professor in the Second Language Studies Program at Michigan State University, USA. She has served as President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics and of the International Association of Applied Linguistics. She is the recipient of numerous awards and is the current co-editor of Studies in Second Language Acquisition.

Patti Spinner is Associate Professor in the Second Language Studies Program at Michigan State University, USA.

Jennifer Behney is Assistant Professor of Italian and Second Language Acquisition in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Youngstown State University, USA.