French Applied Linguistics

• Main Author: Ayoun, Dalila
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company 2007; John Benjamins Publishing; John Benjamins
• Edition: 1
• Series: Language Learning & Language Teaching
• Subjects: Acquisition; Applied linguistics; French language; French language > Acquisition; French language > Study and teaching; Language; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; Romance linguistics; Study and teaching
• ISBN: 9027292884; 9789027292889; 9027219729; 9789027219725
• DOI: 10.1075/lllt.16

This state-of-the-art volume on French Applied Linguistics includes two introductory chapters, the first summarizes the past, present and future of French in applied linguistics, and the second reviews the history of French from a sociolinguistic perspective. The six chapters of the first part cover the core aspects of the second language acquisition of French: phonology, semantics/syntax, syntax/morphology, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and grammatical gender. The seven chapters of the second part explore the contribution of French in various subfields of applied linguistics such as language ideology and foreign language pedagogy, corpus linguistics, and French Sign Language. A chapter studies the role of affective variables on language learning, while another investigates natural language and lexical creativity. The chapters on creole studies and applied linguistics in West Africa address issues in first and second language acquisition in complex sociolinguistic and political contexts. The last chapter serves as an epilogue focusing on Louisiana, a region rich in linguistic history.