Cognate Vocabulary In Language Acquisition and Use Attitudes, Awareness, Activation

• Main Author: Otwinowska, Agnieszka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Bristol, UK Multilingual Matters 2016
• Series: Second Language Acquisition 93
• Subjects: Vocabulary > Study and teaching
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 This book brings together linguistic, psycholinguistic and educational perspectives on the phenomenon of cognate vocabulary across languages. It presents a large-scale, long-term research project focusing on Polish-English cognates and their use by bilingual and multilingual learners/users of English. It discusses extensive qualitative and quantitative data to explain which factors affect a learner's awareness of cognates, how adult learners can benefit from raised awareness and whether cognate vocabulary can be used with younger learners as a motivational strategy. The work shows how cognate vocabulary can be examined from a range of methodological perspectives and provides considerable insights into crosslinguistic influences in language learning. While the focus of the studies is Polish-English cognates, the research will be of interest to anyone teaching learners of different language constellations, levels, ages and backgrounds.