Theory Of Cognitive Integration In Second Language Acquisition

The dissertation makes a tentative attempt at constructing the Theory of Cognitive Integration in Second Language Acquisition (CISLA Theory) on the interdisciplinary basis with the purpose of the establishment of a new theoretical basis for second language acquisition (L2 acquisition) study and a new visual field for general linguistics. It describes the psychological acquisition mechanism of second language learners (L2 learners) and expounds an epistemology for L2 acquisition. Hopefully, it would be readily applicable to related fields in developing language competence and performance, namely, syntax and translatology.In terms of philosophy, CISLA Theory can be interpreted as a paradigm of L2 acquisition; in terms of linguistics, CISLA Theory is an instinct of L2 acquisition as well as linguistic competence; and in terms of psychology, CISLA Theory can be regarded as a language cognitive mentality as well as a cognitive fashion. In other words, we can at least define CISLA Theory in sense of philosophy, linguistics and psychology. But the author regards that the very essentiality of CISLA Theory is its linguistic property and that the philosophic and psychological properties are the supporting features. So this dissertation defines CISLA Theory in linguistic sense: CISLA Theory is the study of how L2 is acquired by non-native speakers in the non-native culture in the light of language commensurability of their exposure to "Discourse Exemplification" with the involvement and intervention of cognitive psychological mechanism, by means of contextual condition and with the psychological accommodation of both the mother tongue and the target language, so...