In Other Words - 94 edition

Bialystok, Ellen : York University

Ellen Bialystok is professor of psychology at York University in Toronto and the author of three books, including Communicaiton Strategies and Language Processing in Bilingual Children. Kenji Hakuta is professor of education and linguistics at Stanford University and the author of The Mirror of Language.

"A fascinating and valuable contribution to our understanding of language, mind, and society."

--Steven Pinker author of The Language Instinct

"This is a wonderfully written, comprehensive review about second-language aquisition. Second-language learning is viewed from diverse theoretical and real-world perspectives-second languages in cultural context, second-language learning and individual development, second-language learning and the brain, and others. The material discussed in this book is sophisticated and broad-ranging but very accessible and entertaining."

--Fred Genesee Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

"When two highly respected and experienced scholars like Ellen Bialystok and Kenji Hakuta team up as authors, we can expect a perceptive, readable, and forward-looking book. In Other Words does not disappoint us. The book will be illuminating for the curious, while providing an informative synthesis for those more familiar with the field."

--Wilga M. Rivers Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

"A comprehensive theory of second-language acquisition must engage the full range of social-science theory. The authors do this eloquently and comprehensively. They inform, debate, and engage....This book is a must read."

--Eugene E. Garcia Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, United States Department of Education

Perseus Press Web Site, November, 2000

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