Effects of the Second Language on First

Marc Notes: Bibl. ref. & index; Avail. in cloth.; Based on pre-pub. info. only. Biographical Note: Vivian Cook has taught at Ealing Technical College and North-East London Polytechnic; he now works at the University of Essex After writing EFL course-books, he concentrated on linguistics and language learning in books such as Chomsky's Universal Grammar and Second Lang?uage Learning and Language Teaching. His current interests are partly developing the concept of multi-compet?ence through books such as Portraits of the L2 User and applying it to the design of language teaching materials, partly exploring the English writing system through books and articles. He was founding President of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA). Publisher Marketing: This study examines changes in the first language of people who know a second language, thus seeing L2 users as people in their own right differing from the monolingual in both first and second languages. It presents theories and research that investigate the first language of second language users from a variety of perspectives including vocabulary, pragmatics, cognition and syntax and using a variety of linguistic and psychological models. The broad range of contributions means that this text should relate to most courses in second language acquisition. Contributor Bio:  Cook, V J V. J. Cook is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is author of numerous books, including "Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell?" (2004) and "The English Writing System" (2004). Mark Newson is Reader in the Department of English Linguistics at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. Contributor Bio:  Cook, Vivian Vivian Cook is professor of applied linguistics at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was inspired to write this book out of frustration with those who, not knowing the crucial gender difference between the British spellings Vivian and Vivien assume from his first name that he is a woman. He lives in Colchester, England.