- ISBN: 9780194372121 | 019437212X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/24/1997
This series provides brief, clear introductions to the main disciplinary areas of language study. This book outlines second language acquisition, the study of the way in which people learn a language other than their mother tongue. It is designed to make the essentials of this rapidly expanding area accessible to readers encountering it for the first time.