Second Language Writing Systems. Second Language Acquisition, Volume 11.

Second Language Acquisition

by Vivian Cook (Editor)

This is the first book to treat the acquisition and use of a second language writing system.

460 pages, ebook

First published April 1, 2005

About the author

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Vivian Cook is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK. He is known for his work on second language acquisition, particularly for the concept of multi-competence, and has written technical textbooks and popular books on areas of linguistics ranging from intonation to first language acquisition to spelling.