Download or read book Cognitive-Functional Approaches to the Study of Japanese as a Second Language written by Kaori Kabata and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative and original volume brings together studies that apply cognitive and functional linguistics to the study of the L2 acquisition of Japanese. With each article grounded on the usage-based model and/or conceptual notions such as foregrounding and subjectivity, the volume sheds light on how cognitive and functional linguistics can help us understand aspects of Japanese acquisition that have been neglected by traditionalists.