About the contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface viii
4. About the contributors x
5. Part I: Introduction
6. The past, present and future of French in applied linguistics 2
7. The history of French 21
8. Part II: Core aspects of the second language acquisition of French
9. French phonology and L2 acquisition 50
10. Syntax-semantics in English-French interlanguage 75
11. L2 functional categories 103
12. The second language acquisition of grammatical gender and agreement 130
13. Interlanguage pragmatics in L2 French 171
14. Diachronic and/or synchronic variation? 208
15. Part III: French in applied linguistics
16. Language ideology and foreign language pedagogy 238
17. Affective variables, attitude and personality in context 270
18. Lexical creativity in L2 French and natural language generation 299
19. Growing up bilingual in French and French Sign Language 334
20. Using electronic corpora in SLA research 377
21. Creole studies 401
22. Issues in French applied linguistics in West Africa 425
23. Epilogue
24. French in Louisiana 450
25. References 478
26. English-French Glossary 539
27. Name index 546
28. Subject index 556