The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition research. Discusses the biological and cognitive underpinnings of SLA, mechanisms, processes, and constraints on SLA, the level of ultimate attainment, research methods, and the status of SLA as a cognitive science. Includes contributions from twenty-seven of the world's leading scholars. Provides an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychology, applied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitive science.

The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents anintegrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issuesin second language acquisition research.* * Discusses the biological and cognitive underpinnings of SLAmechanisms, processes, and constraints on SLA, the level ofultimate attainment, research methods, and the status of SLA as acognitive science.* Includes contributions from twenty-seven of the world's leadingscholars.* Provides an invaluable resource for all students and scholarsof human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychologyapplied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitivescience.

List of Contributors.Acknowledgments.I: Overview:.1. The Scope of Inquiry and Goals of SLA: Catherine J. Doughtyand Michael H. Long.II: Capacity and Representation:.2. On the Nature of Interlanguage Representation: UniversalGrammar in the Second Language: Lydia White.3. The Radical Middle: Nativism without Universal Grammar:William O'Grady.4. Constructions, Chunking, and Connectionism: The Emergence ofSecond Language Structure: Nick C. Ellis.5. Cognitive Processes in Second Language Learners andBilinguals: The Development of Lexical and ConceptualRepresentations: Judith F. Kroll and Gretchen Sunderman.6. Near-Nativeness: Antonella Sorace.III: Environments for SLA:.7. Language Socialization in SLA: Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo andSarah Nielsen.8. Social Context: Jeff Siegel.9. Input and Interaction: Susan M. Gass.10. Instructed SLA: Constraints, Compensation, and Enhancement:Catherine J. Doughty.IV: Processes in SLA:.11. Implicit and Explicit Learning: Robert M. DeKeyser.12. Incidental and Intentional Learning: Jan H. Hulstijn.13. Automaticity and Second Languages: Norman Segalowitz.14. Variation: Suzanne Romaine.15. Cross-linguistic Influence: Terence Odlin.16. Stabilization and Fossilization in InterlanguageDevelopment: Michael H. Long.V: Biological and Psychological Constraints:.17. Maturational Constraints in SLA: Kenneth Hyltenstam andNiclas Abrahamsson.18. Individual Differences in Second Language Learning:Zoltán Dörnyei and Peter Skehan.19. Attention and Memory during SLA: Peter Robinson.20. Language Processing Capacity: Manfred Pienemann.VI: Research Methods:.21. Defining and Measuring SLA: John Norris and LourdesOrtega.22. Data Collection in SLA Research: Craig Chaudron.VII: The State of SLA:.23. SLA Theory: Construction and Assessment: Kevin R. Gregg.24. SLA and Cognitive Science: Michael H. Long and Catherine J.Doughty.Index.