The usage-based study of language learning and multilingualism / Lourdes Ortega, Andrea Tyler, Hae In Park, & Mariko Uno, editors.

Usage-based linguistics, which is currently very popular, bases its understanding of language on two key points: Languages are cognitive-social constructs (i.e., learned vs genetically endowed), and, in order for communication and meaning to happen, speakers must find a way to meet/understand each o...

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Other Authors:	Ortega, Lourdes (Editor), Tyler, Andrea (Editor), Park, Hae In, 1982- (Editor), Uno, Mariko (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2016.
Series:	Georgetown University round table on languages and linguistics series (2004)
Subjects:	Language acquisition. Second language acquisition. Multilingualism. Language and languages > Usage.