Linguists have typically studied language change at the aggregate level of speech communities, yet key mechanisms of change such as analogy and automation opera

Linguists have typically studied language change at the aggregate level of speech communities, yet key mechanisms of change such as analogy and automation opera

Introduces a formal theory of linguistic individuality, a perspective-changing framework moving the field towards more cognitively realistic methods of authorsh

Beginning from the conflict between individual learner differences and the institutionalized, often inflexible character of formal language instruction, Individ

This book closes the gap between theory and practice for teachers and researchers wishing to capitalize on learners' individuality in second or foreign language