Messages, Signs, and Meanings A Basic Textbook in Semiotics and Communication
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by Marcel Danesi (Editor)
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This text is designed to provide a basic introduction to semiotics and communication theory, with plenty of examples from, and applications to, popular culture. It aims to make accessible the technical and often abstruse subject matter of sign theory in practical ways, with illustrations in such areas as myth. storytelling, television, advertising, clothing, and architecture. Without overwhelming, this introduction allows students and interested general readers to get a comprehensive look at what semiotics and communication theory are all about. Messages, Signs, and Meanings can be used directly in introductory courses in semiotics, communications, media, or culture studies. Additionally, it can be used in courses dealing with cognate areas of investigation (psychology, mythology, education, literary studies, anthropology, linguistics) as a complementary or supplementary text. The text builds upon what readers already known intuitively about signs and then leads them to think critically about the world in which they live--a world saturated with images of all kinds that a basic knowledge of semiotics can help filter and deconstruct. The text also provides opportunities for readers to do "hands-on" semiotics through the exercises and questions for discussion that accompany each chapter. Biographical sketches of the major figures in the field are also included, as is a convenient glossary of technical terms. The overall plan of the book is to illustrate how message-making and meaning-making can be studied from the specific vantage point of the discipline of semiotics. This third edition also includes updated discussions of information technology throughout, focusing especially on howmeanings are now negotiated through such channels as websites. chat rooms, and instant messages.
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* Paperback: 414 pages
* Publisher: Canadian Scholars Press; 3rd edition (March 1, 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1551302500
* ISBN-13: 978-1551302508
* Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Allusions in the Press: An Applied Linguistic Study (Hardcover)
by Paul Lennon (Author)
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Hardcover: 297 pages
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter (June 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3110179504
ISBN-13: 978-3110179507
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
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This corpus-based study of allusions in the British press shows the range of targets journalists allude to - from Shakespeare to TV soaps, from Jane Austen to Hillary Clinton, from hymns to nursery rhymes, proverbs and riddles. It analyzes the linguistic forms allusions take and demonstrates how......
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Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization: The Linguistic Evidence, Vol. 3 (Hardcover)
by Martin Bernal (Author)
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Could Greek philosophy be rooted in Egyptian thought? Is it possible that the Pythagorean theory was conceived on the shores of the Nile and the Euphrates rather than in ancient Greece? Could it be that much of Western civilization was formed on the "Dark Continent"? For almost two centuries, Western scholars have given little credence to the possibility of such scenarios.
In Black Athena, an audacious three-volume series that strikes at the heart of today's most heated culture wars, Martin Bernal challenges Eurocentric attitudes by calling into question two of the longest-established explanations for the origins of classical civilization. To use his terms, the Aryan Model, which is current today, claims that Greek culture arose as the result of the conquest from the north by Indo-European speakers, or "Aryans," of the native "pre-Hellenes." The Ancient Model, which was maintained in Classical Greece, held that the native population of Greece had initially been civilized by Egyptian and Phoenician colonists and that additional Near Eastern culture had been introduced to Greece by Greeks studying in Egypt and Southwest Asia. Moving beyond these prevailing models, Bernal proposes a Revised Ancient Model, which suggests that classical civilization in fact had deep roots in Afroasiatic cultures.
This long-awaited third and final volume of the series is concerned with the linguistic evidence that contradicts the Aryan Model of ancient Greece. Bernal shows how nearly 40 percent of the Greek vocabulary has been plausibly derived from two Afroasiatic languages--Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic. He also reveals how these derivations are not limited to matters of trade, but extended to the sophisticated language of politics, religion, and philosophy. This evidence, according to Bernal, greatly strengthens the hypothesis that in Greece an Indo-European-speaking population was culturally dominated by Ancient Egyptian and West Semitic speakers. Provocative, passionate, and colossal in scope, this volume caps a thoughtful rewriting of history that has been stirring academic and political controversy since the publication of the first volume.
About the Author
Martin Bernal, formerly a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and professor of Government and Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University, is now retired.
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Hardcover: 807 pages
Publisher: Rutgers University Press (November 25, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813536553
ISBN-13: 978-0813536552
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 2.2 inches
Bilingualism: The Sociopragmatic-Psycholinguistic Interface (Paperback)
by Joel Walters (Author)
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The book highlights the dynamic nature of bilingualism. It attempts to synthesize a range of theoretical approaches and models, hence encouraging further research that challenges the status quo. It encourages the reader to think of bilingualism and bilingualism research in a new and critical frame of mind.
—Li Wei
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
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In the past 30 years, the study of bilingualism processing has been conducted independently by two fields, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics. This volume merges these two fields, addressing one of the tough problems dividing researchers in bilingualism, conceptually as well as methodologically. Joel Walters proposes a new approach to bilingualism processing--the Sociopragmatic-Psycholinguistic (SPPL) Model--which presents language as a social phenomenon. The author accomplishes this by identifying and organizing evidence from a wide range of linguistic disciplines, merging sociopragmatics, discourse analysis, and ethnography with social cognition, psycholinguistics, and neuroscience. By extension, the author offers convincing explanations of how related fields can profit from a comprehensive bilingual processing model. As a result, Joel Walters delivers a well-organized, comprehensive model that is thought through at every level.
This book appeals to graduate students, scholars in the fields of linguistics, bilingualism, second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics. It is useful to researchers for its comprehensiveness and methodological acumen and may be appropriate as a supplementary textbook for graduate-level courses in bilingualism or for seminars on similar topics.
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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum; 1 edition (December 22, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0805852697
ISBN-13: 978-0805852691
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Title: Bilingual Education in China : Practices, Policies and Concepts
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Author: Feng, Anwei
LCC: LC3737.C6 B35 2007eb
Dewey: 370.11750951
LCSH: Education, Bilingual.
Series Title: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism S.
Pub. Date: 15 June 2007
eBook ISBN 13: 9781853599934
Print ISBN 13: 9781853599927
eBook ISBN: 185359993X
Print ISBN: 1853599921
Product ID: 307301
Language: English
Edition:
# of pages: 302
Summary
Compares and contrasts two strands of bilingualism in China, one for minority nationality groups, the other for majority. This volume examines the history, policy, philosophy, politics, provision and practice in bilingual, trilingual or multilingual education involving Mandarin Chinese, English, and minority languages.
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgement
The Contributors
Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 1 Policy, Curriculum and Ideological Orientations
Chapter 2 Bilingual or Multilingual Education in China: Policy and Learner Experience
Chapter 3 Depoliticisation in the English Curriculum
Chapter 4 Language in Tibetan Education: The Case of the Neidiban
Part 2 Varieties in Bilingual Education
Chapter 5 Typology of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Chinese Minority Nationality Regions
Chapter 6 The Juggernaut of Chinese–English Bilingual Education
Chapter 7 Research and Practice of Tibetan–Chinese Bilingual Education
Part 3 Practices and Underpinning Principles
Chapter 8 Integrated English—A Bilingual Teaching Model in Southern China
Chapter 9 Implementing Language Policy: Lessons from Primary School English
Chapter 10 Challenges and Prospects of Minority Bilingual Education in China—An Analysis of Four Projects
Chapter 11 Facts and Considerations About Bilingual Education in Chinese Universities
Part 4 English Provision for Minority Students
Chapter 12 Teachers’ Perceptions of Chinese–English Bilingual Teaching in Guangxi
Chapter 13 EFL Education in Ethnic Minority Areas in Northwest China: An Investigational Study in Gansu Province
Conclusion
Chapter 14 Intercultural Space for Bilingual Education
Index
Title: Bilinguality and Bilingualism
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Hamers, Josiane F.; Blanc, Michel H. A.
LCC: P115 .H3613 2000eb
Dewey: 404.2; 404/.2
LCSH: Bilingualism.
Series Title:
Pub. Date: 17 February 2000
eBook ISBN 13: 9780511051388
Print ISBN 13: 9780521640497
eBook ISBN: 0511051387
Print ISBN: 0521640490
Product ID: 202177
Language: English
Edition:
# of pages: 484
Summary
This updated and revised edition presents new knowledge about languages in contact, ranging from individual bilinguality to societal bilingualism. It covers topics such as the relationship between culture, identity, and language behaviour in multicultural settings; communication strategies; language shift; pidgins and creoles; language planning; and bilingual education.
Table of Contents
Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Figures
Tables
Foreword to the second edition
Preface
Introduction
1 Definitions and guiding principles
2 Dimensions and measurement of bilinguality and bilingualism
3 Ontogenesis of bilinguality
4 Cognitive development and the sociocultural context of bilinguality
5 Social and psychological foundations of bilinguality
6 Neuropsychological foundations of bilinguality
7 Information processing in the bilingual
8 Social psychological aspects of bilinguality: culture and identity
9 Social psychological aspects of bilinguality: intercultural communication
10 Societal bilingualism, intergroup relations and sociolinguistic variations
11 Bilingual education
Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
References
Subject index
Author index
Title: Children's Discourse : Person, Space and Time across Languages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Hickmann, Maya; Anderson, S. R.; Bresnan, J.; Comrie, B.; Dressler, W.; Ewen, C. J.; Huddleston, R.
LCC: P118 .H53 2003eb
Dewey: 401.93; 401/.93
LCSH: Language acquisition.//Space and time in language.
Series Title: Cambridge studies in linguistics
Pub. Date: 21 November 2002
eBook ISBN 13: 9780511054105
Print ISBN 13: 9780521584418
eBook ISBN: 0511054106
Print ISBN: 0521584418
Product ID: 201948
Language: English
Edition:
# of pages: 412
Summary
Maya Hickmann presents an original comparative study of discourse development in English, French, German, and Chinese. She discusses the main theoretical issues in the study of first language acquisition and provides a wide review of available studies in three domains of child language: person, space, and time.
Table of Contents
Cover
Half-title
Series-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Figures
Tables
Preface
Abbreviations and conventions
1 Introduction
I Available theories and data
II A cross-linguistic study of children s narratives
Appendix
Notes
References
Indexes
Title: Critical Readings in Language Education
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Author: Wallace, Catherine
LCC: P53.75 .W35 2003eb
Dewey: 418/.4/071; 428.4071
LCSH: Language and languages - Study and teaching.
Series Title:
Pub. Date: 01 January 2003
eBook ISBN 13: 9780230514447
Print ISBN 13: 9780333985793
eBook ISBN: 0230514448
Print ISBN: 0333985796
Product ID: 259489
Language: English
Edition:
# of pages: 226
Summary
Addressed to researchers in applied linguistics, and to professional teachers working in, or studying teaching and learning processes in, multilingual classrooms, this title contributes to the question of how foreign language learners can be helped to acquire effective literacy in English.
Table of Contents
Cover
Contents
Acknowledgements
Points of Departure
1 Reading as a Social Process
2 Critical Discourse Analysis and Critical Reading
3 Critical Pedagogy for Language Teaching
4 The Research Methodology for the Classroom Study
5 Critical Reading in the Classroom
6 Talk Around Texts: The Analysis of the Classroom Interaction
7 Critical Reading Revisited: Diaries, Reading Protocols and Interviews
A Postscript
Bibliography
Index
Title: English Pronounciation in the 18th and 19th Century
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Author: Jones, Charles
LCC: PE1137 .J548 2005eb
Dewey: 421.52; 421/.52
LCSH: English language - 18th century - Pronunciation.
Series Title:
Pub. Date: 01 November 2005
eBook ISBN 13: 9780230503403
Print ISBN 13: 9781403947239
eBook ISBN: 0230503403
Print ISBN: 1403947236
Product ID: 257440
Language: English
Edition:
# of pages: 415
Summary
This work provides a detailed account of word level pronunciation in England and Scotland between 1700 and 1900. All major and minor source materials are presented in depth and there is a close discussion of contemporary attitudes to pronunciation standards and orthographic reform. The materials are presented in three chronological periods: 1700-1750, 1750-1800 and the Nineteenth century, so that the reader is able not only to see the main characteristics of the pronunciation of both vowels and consonants in each period, but can also compare developments from one period to another, thus identifying ongoing changes to the phonology.
Table of Contents
Cover
Contents
Preface
Part I 1700–1750
Part II 1750–1800
Part III The Nineteenth Century
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Title: Grammar in Early Twentieth-Century Philosophy
Publisher: Routledge
Author: Gaskin, Richard
LCC: P157 .G73 2001eb
Dewey: 415/.01
LCSH: Grammar, Comparative and general.
Series Title: Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy
Pub. Date: 21 June 2001
eBook ISBN 13: 9780203208502
Print ISBN 13: 9780415224468
eBook ISBN: 0203208501
Print ISBN: 0415224462
Product ID: 179826
Language: English
Edition: 1
# of pages: 269
Summary
This book is a systematic and historical exploration of the philosophical significance of grammar. It looks at the sustained philosophical reflection on the nature of grammar that was so evident at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Table of Contents
Book Cover
Title
Contents
List of contributors
Preface
Introduction: proposition and world RICHARD GASKIN
Frege and the grammar of truth RICHARD MENDELSOHN
Categories, construction, and congruence: Husserl's tactics of meaning PETER SIMONS
Logical form, general sentences, and Russell's path to 'On Denoting' JAMES LEVINE
Grammar, ontology, and truth in Russell and Bradley STEWART CANDLISH
A few more remarks on logical form ALEX OLIVER
Logical syntax in the Tractatus IAN PROOPS
Wittgenstein on grammar, meaning, and essence BEDE RUNDLE
Nonsense and necessity in Wittgenstein's mature philosophy RICHARD GASKIN
Carnap's logical syntaxGARY EBBS
Heidegger and the grammar of being GRAHAM PRIEST
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Title: Introducing Social Semiotics : An Introductory Textbook
Publisher: Routledge
Author: van Leeuwen, Theo
LCC: P99.4.S62V36 2005eb
Dewey: 302.2
LCSH: Semiotics-- Social aspects.
Series Title:
Pub. Date: 31 December 2004
eBook ISBN 13: 9780203647028
Print ISBN 13: 9780415249447
eBook ISBN: 0203647025
Print ISBN: 0415249449
Product ID: 200044
Language: English
Edition: 1
# of pages: 314
Summary
This text makes concrete the complexities of meaning making and is essential reading for anyone interested in how communication works.
Table of Contents
Book Cover
Title
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Semiotic principles
Semiotic resources
Semiotic change
Semiotic rules
Semiotic functions
Dimensions of semiotic analysis
Discourse
Genre
Style
Modality
Multimodal cohesion
Rhythm
Composition
Information linking
Dialogue
Recommended reading
Glossary
References
Index
Title: Chomsky's Minimalism
Author: Pieter A. M. Seuren
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2004-08-26
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0195173066
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780195173062
Binding: Paperback
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"The book is really excellent, I think: vitally needed, eminently readable, and right on the mark with its comprehensive and incisive critique of the most influential confidence trick in the history of modern linguistics." --Geoffrey K. Pullum, University of California at Santa Cruz
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Noam Chomsky's current theory, published in 1995, is known as The Minimalist Program and has been presented as his crowning achievement. It argues, familiarly, that there exists a universal grammar that is hardwired, and that, like an efficient machine, this grammar will tend to use the least possible number of constraints (phonetically and syntactically) to produce an utterance. Minimalism has spawned in linguistics an entire research program, despite being fundamentally misguided, according to distinguished linguist and philosopher of language Pieter Seuren.
Seuren's accessible and spirited attack argues that the Minimalist Program is deeply flawed. He proposes that it fails to satisfy the basic criteria for sound scientific work, such as respect for data, unambiguous formulations, and falsifiability. Seuren points to the original acrimonious split in the 1960s and 1970s between Chomsky's generative grammar and the alternative generative semantics proposed by his followers, and argues that the latter theory was sounder and unfairly suppressed. Seuren maintains that this suppression--and the cult surrounding Chomsky and Minimalism more generally--has done great damage to linguistics by impairing open discussion of empirical issues and excluding valid alternatives. Chomsky's Minimalism will generate controversy among linguists in its attack on the fundamental assumptions used by an entire generation of researchers.
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Title: Language as Cultural Practice : Mexicanos En El Norte
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Author: Schecter, Sandra R.
LCC: P40.45.U5 S34 2002eb
Dewey: 306.440973
LCSH: Sociolinguistics - United States.
Series Title:
Pub. Date: 01 January 2002
eBook ISBN 13: 9781410612472
Print ISBN 13: 9780805835335
eBook ISBN: 1410612473
Print ISBN: 0805835334
Product ID: 227512
Language: English
Edition:
# of pages: 248
Summary
This is an ethnographic account of language socialization practices within Mexican-background families in California and Texas. It illustrates cases where language is used by speakers to choose between self-definitions and where language interacts differentially with other defining categories.
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Framing Our Agenda
2 Mexicanos in California and Texas
3 Language as Cultural Identification
4 Enacting Spanish Maintenance
5 Narrative Production Across the Bilingual Continuum
6 Doing School at Home
7 Language Socialization in Theory and Practice
8 Bilingualism in Time and Space
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Title: Language of Magazines
Publisher: Routledge
Author: McLoughlin, Linda
LCC: P96.L34M367 2000eb Dewey: 070.572014; 302.23/01/4
LCSH: Mass media and language.
Series Title:
Pub. Date: 23 March 2000
eBook ISBN 13: 9780203137444
Print ISBN 13: 9780415214247
eBook ISBN: 0203137442
Print ISBN: 0415214246
Product ID: 165901
Language: English
Edition: 1
# of pages: 128
Summary
Offers students a hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on magazines. It combines practical activities with texts, followed by commentaries and suggestions for further
reading.
Table of Contents
Book Cover
Title
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of main texts
Introduction
What is a magazine?
The wrapping: front covers
Leafing through: the composition of the text
In-house: magazine contents
Who am I?: the relationship between the text producer and interpreter
The discourse of magazines
Representations of women and men: constructing femininity, masculinity and sexuality
Index of terms
Further reading
References
Title: Negation in Non-Standard British English : Gaps, Regularizations and Asymmetrics
Publisher: Routledge
Author: Anderwald, Lieselotte
LCC: PE1359.N44A53 2002eb
Dewey: 425; 427
LCSH: English language - Negatives.
Series Title: Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics
Pub. Date: 28 February 2002
eBook ISBN 13: 9780203167502
Print ISBN 13: 9780415258746
eBook ISBN: 0203167503
Print ISBN: 041525874X
Product ID: 171012
Language: English
Edition: 1
# of pages: 249
Summary
Based on the British National Corpus, this book investigates a range of morphosyntactic features
of negation that can be found in everyday spoken language and provides the first thorough
empirical study of the field of non-standard negation.
Table of Contents
Preliminaries
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Negation in standard
3 Regional variation
4 Filling the gaps?
5 Negative concord
6 AIN'T
7 Third person singular don't
8 Past tense BE
9 Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Title: Memory-Based Language Processing
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author: Daelemans, Walter; van den Bosch, Antal; Boguraev, Branimir; Bird, Steven; HIndle, Don;
Kay, Martin; McDonald, David; Uszkoreit, Hans; Wilks, Yorick
LCC: P98 .D24 2005eb
Dewey: 006.35
LCSH: Natural language processing (Computer science).
Series Title:
Pub. Date: 01 September 2005
eBook ISBN 13: 9780511160714
Print ISBN 13: 9780521808903
eBook ISBN: 0511160712
Print ISBN: 0521808901
Product ID: 258485
Language: English
Edition:
# of pages: 199
Summary
This book discusses the theory and practice of memory-based language processing - a machine
learning and problem solving method for language technology - showing its comparative strengths over alternative methods of language modelling. The first comprehensive overview of the approach, this book will be invaluable for computational linguists, psycholinguists and language engineers.
Table of Contents
Cover
Half-title
Series-title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Memory-Based Learning in Natural Language Processing
Chapter 2 Inspirations from linguistics and artificial intelligence
Chapter 3 Memory and Similarity
Chapter 4 Application to morpho-phonology
Chapter 5 Application to shallow parsing
Chapter 6 Abstraction and generalization
Chapter 7 Extensions
Bibliography
Index
Title: Teaching English to the World : History, Curriculum, and Practice
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Author: Braine, George
LCC: PE1128.A2T4424 2005eb
Dewey: 428.0071; 428/.0071
LCSH: English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers.
Series Title:
Pub. Date: 01 January 2005
eBook ISBN 13: 9781410612861
Print ISBN 13: 9780805854008
eBook ISBN: 1410612864
Print ISBN: 0805854002
Product ID: 237128
Language: English
Edition:
# of pages: 224
Summary
A collection of English language teaching (ELT) histories, curricula, and personal narratives from non-native speaker (NNS) English teachers worldwide. Each chapter describes first the history of English language teaching in a country, then the current ELT curriculum, followed by the biography of an English teacher of that country.
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 The English Language in Brazil—A Boon or a Bane?
2 Learning and Teaching English in the People's Republic of China
3 English Language Teaching in Germany: A Reflection of the National and Universal Importance of English
4 English Language Teaching in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR): A Continuous Challenge
5 Facts and Beyond—Teaching English in Hungary
6 English Language Teaching in India: Colonial Past vis-à-vis Curricular Reform
7 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) in Indonesia
8 English Language Teaching in Israel: Challenging Diversity
9 English Language Teaching in Japan
10 English Language Teaching in Lebanon: Challenges for the Future
11 English Language Teaching in Poland: Tradition and Reform
12 Teaching English in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Slowly but Steadily Changing
13 A Success Story: English Language Teaching in Singapore
14 Teaching English in Sri Lanka: From Colonial Roots to Lankan English
15 English Language Teaching in Turkey: Challenges for the 21st Century
Author Biographies
Author Index
Subject Index
Title: Pathways to Multilingualism : Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Author: Fortune, Tara Williams; Tedick, Diane J.
LCC: P53.44
Dewey: 404.2; 418.0071
LCSH: Immersion method (Language teaching).
Series Title: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, v. 66
Pub. Date: 15 January 2008
eBook ISBN 13: 9781847690371
Print ISBN 13: 9781847690364
eBook ISBN: 1847690378
Print ISBN: 184769036X
Product ID: 327896
Language: English
Edition:
# of pages: 306
Summary
Immersion education serves as a successful pathway to multilingualism. This volume focuses on the evolution of perspectives and practices within language immersion education and offers theoretical perspectives, research reviews and empirical studies on teaching, learning and language development in immersion programs.
Table of Contents
Contents
The Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction to the Volume
Chapter 1 One-Way, Two-Way and Indigenous Immersion: A Call for Cross-Fertilization
Chapter 2 Dual Language in the Global Village
Part 1 Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Pedagogy
Chapter 3 Paying Attention to Language: Literacy, Language and Academic Achievement
Chapter 4 Integrated Language and Content Teaching: Insights from the Immersion Classroom
Chapter 5 Diversity Up Close: Building Alternative Discourses in the Two-Way Immersion Classroom
Part 2 Evolving Perspectives on Language Development in Immersion Classrooms
Chapter 6 Lexical Learning Through a Multitask Activity: The Role of Repetition
Chapter 7 Instructional Counterbalance in Immersion Pedagogy
Chapter 8 Teacher Strategies for Second Language Production in Immersion Kindergarten in Finland
Part 3 Evolving Perspectives on Social Context and its Impact on Immersion Programs
Chapter 9 Language Development and Academic Achievement in Two-Way Immersion Programs
Chapter 10 Developing a Critical Awareness of Language Diversity in Immersion
Chapter 11 Restoring Aboriginal Languages: Immersion and Intensive Language Program Models in Canada
Chapter 12 Late Immersion in Hong Kong: Still Stressed or Making Progress?
Synthesis for the Volume
Chapter 13 Concluding Thoughts: Does the Immersion Pathway Lead to Multilingualism?
Index
Crosslinguistic Influence in Language and Cognition
By Scott Jarvis, Aneta Pavlenko
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* ISBN: 978-0-8058-3885-5
* Binding: Hardback
* Published by: Routledge
* Publication Date: 26th October 2007
* Pages: 304
About the Book
This book is a cogent, clearly-written synthesis of new and classic work on crosslinguistic influences on language and thought. Intended as a text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, it will also serve as a resource for instructors and scholars in applied linguistics, linguistics, and psycholinguistics courses. This topic is a perennial favorite in courses on bilingualism, psycholinguistics, and even cognitive psychology. It has come into even sharper focus over the past decade with the rapid increase in the availability of crosslinguistic data from languages other than English.
Table of Contents
Preface. Overview. Identifying Crosslinguistic Influence. Linguistic Transfer. Conceptual Transfer. Conceptual Change. Transferability and Factors That Interact With Transfer. Conclusions. References.
About the Author(s)
Scott Jarvis is currently Associate Professor of Linguistics and Chair of the Department of Linguistics at Ohio University, where his main research interests include crosslinguistic influence, cognitive linguistics, and research methods related to the investigation of language proficiency and the measurement of lexical diversity. His work in these areas has appeared in a book, book chapters, and a number of articles published in key journals of the fields of second language acquisition and multilingualism. Dr. Jarvis is currently Associate Editor for the journal Language Learning.
Aneta Pavlenko is currently Associate Professor of TESOL in the College of Education, Temple University. Her main research interests include the relationship between language and thought, language and emotions, and language and identity, seen through the lens of bi- and multilingualism and second language learning. She has authored and edited several books, book chapters, and articles published in key journals of the fields of second language acquisition and multilingualism. Dr. Pavlenko is currently Associate Editor for the International Journal of Bilingualism.
Cross-Linguistic Influences in the Second Language Lexicon (Second Language Acquisition) (Hardcover)
by Janusz Arabski (Editor)
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* Hardcover: 272 pages
* Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited (April 10, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1853598569
* ISBN-13: 978-1853598562
* Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
* Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Nineteen European and American academics contribute 19 papers analyzing the phenomenon of language transfer resulting from language contact in bilingual and multilingual language acquisition and learning contexts, particularly the lexical level of language transfer. Coverage includes a review of the theoretical debate surrounding the definition of language transfer and contact, corpus based studies of language contact, interference in translation tasks, acquisition of lexis, code mixing, the role of instructional input, and lexical transfer in fixed expressions, including second-language idioms, phrasal verbs, fixed phrases, collocations, and figurative expressions. No subject index. For psycholinguists and language teachers. Distributed in the U.S. by UTP Distribution.