Rastelli, Stefano. <br/><br/>
Discontinuity in second language acquisition  the switch between statistical and grammatical learning / 
Stefano Rastelli. 
 - Bristol ;  Buffalo :  Multilingual Matters,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Second language acquisition ;  80 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>1 Second Language Acquisition Facit Saltus ('Takes a Leap'); 2 Discontinuity as Chunks Feedinto Grammar; 3 Discontinuity in the Maturing and in the Adapting Brain; 4 Discontinuity and the Neurocognition of Second Language; 5 Statistical Learning of a Second Language; 6 Parts of L2 Grammar That Resist Statistical Learning; Conclusions; References; Index 
<br/><br/> With a particular focus on the morphosyntactic features of second language, this book discusses the idea that language acquisition is a discontinuous and ''quantized'' process and thus that some items might be learned twice, statistically and grammatically. It argues that the switch from one way of learning to another is statistically-driven and grammatically motivated. The volume brings together and discusses insights and evidence from learner corpora analysis and electrophysiological data in an attempt to provide the reader with a unified outlook and it suggests a new, developmentally-orient. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781783092475 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Second language acquisition--Study and teaching.<br/>Language and languages--Study and teaching.<br/>Grammar, Comparative and general.<br/>Linguistics--Statistical methods.<br/>Applied linguistics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P118  / .D573 2014