Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. In memoriam vii
4. Preface ix
5. About the contributors xi
6. Part I. First and second language acquisition
7. 1. Evolving perspectives on learning French as a second language through immersion 3
8. 2. Language production from a neurolinguistic perspective 37
9. 3. Natural language processing tools and CALL 63
10. 4. Specific language impairment in French 97
11. 5. The first language acquisition of French from a generative perspective 135
12. Part II. French in applied linguistics
13. 6. The role and status of the French language in North Africa 185
14. 7. Anthropological linguistic perspectives on writing Guadeloupean Kréyòl : Struggles for recognition of the language and struggles over authority 223
15. 8. Literacy and technology in French language teaching: Issues and prospects 255
16. 9. Forensic linguistics and French 295
17. 10. Analyzing urban youth vernaculars in French cities: Lexicographical, variationist and ethnographic approaches 317
18. 11. Language planning and policy in Quebec 345
19. Name index 387
20. Subject index 395
21. English-French glossary 397