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2 - The Usage-Based Approach

Perspectives on L3/Ln

from Part I - Theoretical Approaches to L3/Ln

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2023

By
Alfonso Morales-Front  and
Cristina Sanz
Edited by
Jennifer Cabrelli ,
Adel Chaouch-Orozco ,
Jorge González Alonso ,
Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares ,
Eloi Puig-Mayenco  and
Jason Rothman
Jennifer Cabrelli
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Chicago
Adel Chaouch-Orozco
Affiliation:
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jorge González Alonso
Affiliation:
Universidad Nebrija, Spain and UiT, Arctic University of Norway
Sergio Miguel Pereira Soares
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Eloi Puig-Mayenco
Affiliation:
King's College London
Jason Rothman
Affiliation:
UiT, Arctic University of Norway and Universidad Nebrija, Spain
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Summary

This chapter discusses usage-based approach perspectives on a number of topics related to learning and development in multilinguals. The chapter is organized around a basic construction: “The perspective of the usage-based approach on X ,” where X is a relevant issue in the acquisition of non-native languages. The chapter starts with an introduction to the approach that outlines its cognitive and social underpinnings, with an emphasis on the role of categorizations, exemplars, constructions, adaptive systems, analogy, and entrenchment. This section is followed by a review of how these concepts contribute to our understanding of language, learning, development, multilingualism, and crosslinguistic influence.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Third Language Acquisition , pp. 43 - 63
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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