Authors:William D. Lewis, Simin Karimi, Heidi Harley, Scott O
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Keywords: linguistics, langendoen, linguistik, aktuell, terrence, honor, perspectives, formal, time, theoretical
Number of Pages: 279
Published: 2009-01-08
List price: $158.00
ISBN-10: 9027255180
ISBN-13: 9789027255181

Authors:Benjamin K. Bergen, Vyvyan Evans, Jorg Zinke,
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Keywords: cognitive, linguistics, advances, reader
Number of Pages: 672
Published: 2007-10-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1845531094
ISBN-13: 9781845531096

Cognitive Linguistics is the most rapidly expanding school in modern Linguistics. It aims to create a scientific approach to the study of language, incorporating the tools of philosophy, neuroscience and computer science. Cognitive approaches to language were initially based on philosophical thinking about the mind, but more recent work emphasizes the importance of convergent evidence from a broad empirical and methodological base. The Cognitive Linguistics Reader brings together the key writings of the last two decades, both the classic foundational pieces and contemporary work. The essays an

Author: Robert DeKeyser
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: linguistics, applied, psychology, cambridge, cognitive, second, perspectives, practice, language
Number of Pages: 323
Published: 2007-03-12
List price: $41.00
ISBN-10: 0521684048
ISBN-13: 9780521684040

Practice as a necessity for learning a second language has been a tacit assumption among language teachers for quite some time; however, the concept has not been widely considered from a theoretical perspective until now. This volume of twelve original articles focuses on the topic, with attention to the four skill areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking. The contributors explore a number of questions including what kind of practice is most effective, in what contexts, and for what kinds of learners. This text will serve as a valuable resource and reference for second-language educat

Author: Robert DeKeyser
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: linguistics, applied, psychology, cambridge, cognitive, second, perspectives, practice, language
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-03-12
List price: $107.00
ISBN-10: 0521865298
ISBN-13: 9780521865296

Practice as a necessity for learning a second language has been a tacit assumption among language teachers for quite some time; however, the concept has not been widely considered from a theoretical perspective until now. This volume of twelve original articles focuses on the topic, with attention to the four skill areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking. The contributors explore a number of questions including what kind of practice is most effective, in what contexts, and for what kinds of learners. This text will serve as a valuable resource and reference for second-language educa

Author: Alan Partington
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: linguistics, laughter, routledge, studies, assisted, corpus, study
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-08-31
List price: $128.00
ISBN-10: 0415381665
ISBN-13: 9780415381666

The Linguistics of Laughter examines what speakers try to achieve by producing ‘laughter-talk’ (the talk preceding and eliciting an episode of laughter) and, by using abundant examples from language corpora, what hearers are signalling when they produce laughter. In particular, Alan Partington focuses on the tactical use of laughter-talk to achieve specific rhetorical, and strategic, ends: for example, to construct an identity, to make an argumentative point, to threaten someone else’s face or save one’s own. Although laughter and humour are by no means always related, the book al

Authors:Guy Cook, Barbara Seidlhofer,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: applied, linguistics, widdowson, oxford, honour, studies, principle, practice
Number of Pages: 450
Published: 1995-09-07
List price: $32.75
ISBN-10: 0194421481
ISBN-13: 9780194421485

This book provides an overview of the diverse issues in applied linguistics today. Leading specialists consider the relation of their own areas of inquiry both to professional practice and to the discipline as a whole.

Author: Joseph L. Malone
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: translation, linguistics, series, suny, lingu, practice, tools, art, science, analysis
Number of Pages: 241
Published: 1988-08
List price: $61.50
ISBN-10: 0887066534
ISBN-13: 9780887066535