Cross-Linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning (Second Language Acquisition) (Paperback)
by Hakan Ringbom (Author)
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This book explores the importance of cross-linguistic similarity in foreign language learning. Similarities can be perceived in the form of simplified one-to-one relationships or merely assumed. The book outlines the different roles of L1 transfer on comprehension and on production, and on close and distant target languages --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
H錵an Ringbom is Emeritus Professor of English at 舃o Akademi University, Turku/舃o, Finland. His published monographs include a study of the narrative technique of Beowulf and Lawman's Brut, a stylistic study of George Orwell's essays and his 1987 study of the role of the first language in foreign language learning. He has also published some 50 articles in the fields of second language acquisition, multilingualism, corpus linguistics, contrastive analysis and stylistics. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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* Paperback: 144 pages
* Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited (February 15, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1853599344
* ISBN-13: 978-1853599347
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Developing Advanced Literacy in First and Second Languages: Meaning With Power (Paperback)
by Mary J. Schleppegrell (Editor), M. Cecilia Colombi (Editor)
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The editors identify their audience as 'researchers, teachers, and students' (p.vii). Anyone working on teacher training and literacy research can benefit from the multiple aspects presented in this book. Advanced literacy for all may be a utopian goal, but those working in institutions of higher learning should at least be aware of the challenges on the way, as well as the remedies available to their students on the journey.
—Studies in Second Language Acquisition
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This book addresses the linguistic challenges faced by diverse populations of students at the secondary and post-secondary levels as they engage in academic tasks requiring advanced levels of reading and writing. Learning to use language in ways that meet academic expectations is a challenge for students who have had little exposure and opportunity to use such language outside of school. Although much is known about emergent literacy in the early years of schooling, much less has been written about the development of advanced literacy as students move into secondary education and beyond. Developing Advanced Literacy in First and Second Languages: Meaning With Power:
*brings together work on first and second language acquisition and emphasizes the importance of developing advanced literacy in the first language, such as Spanish for bilingual students, as well as English;
*spans a range of theoretical orientations and analytic approaches, drawing on work in systemic functional linguistics, genre theory, and sociocultural perspectives;
*addresses the content areas of science, history, and language arts;
*provides specific information about genres and grammatical features in these content areas; and
*presents suggestions for teacher education.
What unites the contributors to this volume is their shared commitment to a view of literacy that emphasizes both the social contexts and the linguistic challenges. The chapters collected in this volume contribute in important ways to research and pedagogy on advanced literacy development for the multilingual and multicultural students in today's classrooms. This book is particularly useful for researchers and students in language and education, applied linguistics, and others concerned with issues and challenges of advanced literacy development in first and second languages.
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* Paperback: 288 pages
* Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum; 1 edition (March 1, 2002)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0805839836
* ISBN-13: 978-0805839838
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Dialectology Meets Typology: Dialect Grammar from a Cross-Linguistic Perspective (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs) (Hardcover)
by Bernd Kortmann (Editor)
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In what ways can dialectologists and language typologists profit from each others' work when looking across the fence? This is the guiding question of this volume, which involves follow-up questions such as: How can dialectologists profit from adopting the large body of insights in and hypotheses on language variation and language universals familiar from work in language typology, notably functional typology? Vice versa, what can typologists learn from the study of non-standard varieties? What are possible contributions of dialectology to areal typologies and the study of grammaticalization? What are important theoretical and methodological implications of this new type of collaboration in the study of language variation? The 18 contributors, among them many distinguished dialectologists, sociolinguists and typologists, address these and other novel questions on the basis of analyses of the morphology and syntax of a broad range of dialects (Germanic, Romance, Balto-Slavic, Indo-Aryan).
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* Hardcover: 541 pages
* Publisher: Mouton De Gruyter (November 2003)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 3110179490
* ISBN-13: 978-3110179491
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Discourse of Broadcast News ---A Linguistic Approach.pdf
by Mart Montgomery (Author)
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In this timely and important study Martin Montgomery unpicks the inside workings of what must still be considered the dominant news medium: broadcast news. Drawing principally on linguistics, but multidisciplinary in its scope, The Discourse of Broadcast News demonstrates that news programmes are as much about showing as telling, as much about ordinary bystanders as about experts, and as much about personal testimony as calling politicians to account.
Using close analysis of the discourse of television and radio news, the book reveals how important conventions for presenting news are changing, with significant consequences for the ways audiences understand its truthfulness. Fully illustrated with examples and including detailed examination of the high profile case of ex-BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan, The Discourse of Broadcast News provides a comprehensive study which will challenge our current assumptions about the news. The Discourse of Broadcast News will be a key resource for anyone researching the news, whether they be students of language and linguistics, media studies or communication studies.
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* Paperback: 246 pages
* Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 17, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0415358728
* ISBN-13: 978-0415358729
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Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning (Paperback)
by Eli Hinkel (Editor)
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Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning is intended for a wide audience: researchers, practitioners, graduate students and faculty in teacher education and applied linguistics programs, teachers, teacher trainers, teacher trainees, and curriculum and material developers...this state of the art book as a whole reflects the major trends in the current investigations into the people and the contexts where and how second foreign languages are taught and learned.
—SirReadaLot.org
The handbook serves as a useful overview of a wide variety of topics related to L2 learning and teaching....include it as recommended reading.
—Studies in Second Language Acquisition
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This landmark volume provides a broad-based, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and research into second language teaching and learning. Fifty-seven chapters are organized in eight thematic sections:
*social contexts of second language learning;
*research methodologies in second-language learning, acquisition, and teaching;
*contributions of applied linguistics to the teaching and learning of second language skills;
*second language processes and development;
*teaching methods and curricula;
*issues in second or foreign language testing and assessment;
*identity, culture, and critical pedagogy in second language teaching and learning; and
*important considerations in language planning and policies.
The Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning is intended for researchers, practitioners, graduate students, and faculty in teacher education and applied linguistics programs; teachers; teacher trainers;teacher trainees; curriculum and material developers; and all other professionals in the field of second language teaching and learning.
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* Paperback: 1176 pages
* Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum; 1 edition (January 14, 2005)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0805841814
* ISBN-13: 978-0805841817
Learning to Read Across Languages: Cross-Linguistic Relationships in First- and Second-Language Literacy Development (Paperback)
by Keiko Koda (Author), Annette M. Zehler (Author)
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This book systematically examines how learning to read occurs in diverse languages, and in so doing, explores how literacy is learned in a second language by learners who have achieved at least basic reading skills in their first language. As a consequence of rapid globalization, such learners are a large and growing segment of the school population worldwide, and an increasing number of schools are challenged by learners from a wide variety of languages, and with distinct prior literacy experiences. To succeed academically these learners must develop second-language literacy skills, yet little is known about the ways in which they learn to read in their first languages, and even less about how the specific nature and level of their first-language literacy affects second-language reading development.
This volume provides detailed descriptions of five typologically diverse languages and their writing systems, and offers comparisons of learning-to-read experiences in these languages. Specifically, it addresses the requisite competencies in learning to read in each of the languages, ,how language and writing system properties affect the way children learn to read, and the extent and ways in which literacy learning experience in one language can play a role in subsequent reading development in another. Both common and distinct aspects of literacy learning experiences across languages are identified, thus establishing a basis for determining which skills are available for transfer in second-language reading development.
Learning to Read Across Languages is intended for researchers and advanced students in the areas of second-language learning, psycholinguistics, literacy, bilingualism, and cross-linguistic issues in language processing.
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Paperback: 241 pages
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum; 1 edition (October 29, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0805856129
ISBN-13: 978-0805856125
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Improving Testing Through English Language Learners: A Comprehensive Approach to Designing, Building, Implementing & Interpreting Better Academic Assessments (Hardcover)
by Kopriva (Author)
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Introduction to Neuropsychology (2 nd edition) provides a concise overview to the diverse and fascinating topics within this field. The chapters are up-to-date, well referenced and theoretical debates are explained in meaningful terms; particularly welc
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More than any book to date, this one provides a comprehensive approach to designing, building, implementing and interpreting test results that validly measure the academic achievement of English language learners. It scaffolds the entire process of test development and implementation and discusses essential intervention points. The book provides the type of evidence-based guidance called for in federal mandates such as the NCLB legislation. Key features of this important new book include the following. Comprehensive - This book recommends methods for properly including ELLs throughout the entire test development process, addressing all essential steps from planning, item writing and reviews to analyses and reporting. Breadth and Depth of Coverage- Coverage includes discussion of the key issues, explanations and detailed instructions at each intervention point. Research Focus - All chapters include an extensive review of current research. Emerging Trends - The chapters summarize guidance appropriate for innovative computer-based assessments of the future as well as the paper-and-pencil tests of today. This book is appropriate for anyone concerned with the development and implementation of fair and accurate testing programs for English language learners. This includes university based researchers, testing personel at the federal, state and local levels, teachers interested in better assessing their diverse student populations and those involved in the testing industry. It is also appropriate for instructors teaching undergraduate and graduate courses devoted to testing the full range of students in todays schools.
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* Hardcover: 350 pages
* Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum; 1 edition (March 10, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0805860436
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Investigations in Instructed Second Language Acquisition
Investigations In Instructed Second Language Acquisition (Studies on Language Acquisition) (Hardcover)
by Alex Housen (Editor), M. Pierrard (Editor)
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Hardcover: 565 pages
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter (April 30, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3110179709
ISBN-13: 978-3110179705
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Most SLA research makes a basic distinction between uninstructed (naturalistic, spontaneous, unguided, untutored, informal) second language acquisition (SLA) and instructed (or guided, tutored, formal) second language acquisition, according to whether the second language (L2) is learned through spontaneous communication in authentic social situations or under pedagogical guidance ......
Linguistic Diversity And Teaching (Reflective Teaching and the Social Conditions of Schooling) (Reflective Teaching and the Social Conditions of Schooling) (Paperback)
by Nancy L. Commins; Ofelia B. Miramontes (Author)
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...this book is focusing on the practical side of the problematics of linguistic diversity and teaching...gives the reader a very clear and easy-to-follow guide through this complex area....using 'Linguistic Diversity and Teaching' as a course book in practicum classes, no matter what the subject focus. In-service teachers, curriculum committees, and school administrators can use this highly informative book as a guide in creating their policies and curriculum. This book deserves the close attention of researchers, politicians and parents if they really want to give all students equal opportunity.
—TESL-EJ
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Linguistic Diversity and Teachingraises questions and provides a context for reflection regarding the complex issues surrounding new English learners in the schools. These issues exist within a highly charged political climate and involve not only language, but also culture, class, ethnicity, and the persistent inequities that characterize our educational system. The text addresses these issues through conversations among experts, practitioners, and readers that are informed by representative case studies and by a range of theoretical approaches. It is designed to engage readers in beginning to evolve their own practical theories, to help them explore and perhaps modify some basic beliefs and assumptions, and to become acquainted with other points of view. Throughout, readers are encouraged to interact with the text and to develop their own perspective on the issue of linguistic diversity and teaching. This is the fourth volume in Reflective Teaching and the Social Conditions of Schooling: A Series for Prospective and Practicing Teachers, edited by Daniel P. Liston and Kenneth M. Zeichner. It follows the same format as previous volumes in the series. *Part I includes four cases dealing with different aspects of the impacts of the changing demographics of public schools: a teacher's experience responding to the needs of a second language learner without adequate information or background knowledge about what to do; a teacher who makes an extra effort to reach out to a junior high learner and her family, thereby revising many of her prior assumptions; a teacher's attempts to make changes to the structure of her school whose student population has changed dramatically over several years, calling into question some of her prior experiences and also putting her in potential conflict with many of her colleagues; the issue of how increasing linguistic diversity challenges teachers to find appropriate assessments that meet the needs of students and still fit into the accountability systems that districts currently have in place. All of these cases highlight situations monolingual English speaking, Euro-American teachers might face within the context of schools that serve a linguistically diverse student body. Each case is followed by space for readers to write their own reactions and reflections, and a set of reactions to the cases written by prospective and practicing teachers, administrators, and professors. *Part II presents three public arguments representing very different views about linguistic diversity: in public schools, English should be the only language of instruction; all children should receive instruction in both their first language and English; planning for instruction should be based not on absolutes, but on what is realistically possible in particular settings. *Part III offers the authors' own interpretations of the issues raised throughout the text, outlines a number of ways in which teachers can continue to explore these topics, and includes exercises for further reflection. A glossary and annotated bibliography are provided. This text is pertinent for all prospective and practicing teachers at any stage of their training. It can be used in any undergraduate or graduate course that addresses issues of language diversity and teaching.
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* Paperback: 208 pages
* Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc; 1 edition (June 21, 2005)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0805827366
* ISBN-13: 978-0805827361
* Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
Morphosyntactic Persistence in Spoken English: A Corpus Study at the Intersection of Variationist Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, and Discourse Analysis ... in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs) (Hardcover)
by Benedikt Szmrecsanyi (Author)
Key Phrases: complementation strategy choice, genitive choice, gerundial complementation, American English, British English, Variable Rule (more...)
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Language users are creatures of habit with a tendency to re-use morphosyntactic material that they have produced or heard before. In other words, linguistic patterns and tokens, once used, persist in discourse. The present book is the first large-scale corpus analysis to explore the determinants of this persistence, drawing on regression analyses of a variety of functional, discourse-functional, cognitive, psycholinguistic, and external factors. The case studies investigated include the alternation between synthetic and analytic comparatives, between the s-genitive and the of-genitive, between gerundial and infinitival complementation, particle placement, and future marker choice in a number of corpora sampling different spoken registers and geographical varieties of English. Providing a probabilistic framework for examining the ways in which persistence - among several other internal and external factors - influences speakers' linguistic choices, the book departs from most writings in the field in that it seeks to bridge several research traditions. While it is concerned, in a classically variationist spirit, with internal and external determinants of grammatical variation in English, it also draws heavily on ideas and evidence developed by psycholinguists and discourse analysts. In seeking to construct a comprehensive model of how speakers make linguistic choices, the study ultimately contributes to a theory of how spoken language works. The book is of interest to graduate students and researchers in variationist sociolinguistics, probabilistic linguistics, psycholinguistics, and computational linguistics.
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* Hardcover: 248 pages
* Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter (May 1, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 3110190125
* ISBN-13: 978-3110190120
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The Psychology of Language: From Data to Theory (Paperback)
by Harley (Author) "Although we often take language for granted, a moment's reflection will show how important it is in our lives..." (more)
Key Phrases: less predictable words, sentence parsing mechanism, lexical guidance, American English, Journal of Experimental Psychology, British English (more...)
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This is a thorough revision and update of the popular first edition. Comprehensive and contemporary, it contains all the student needs to know on the topic, presenting often difficult material in a lively and accessible way. There is coverage of all the core topics in Language in the undergraduate curriculum and the author interweaves evidence from the various approaches including cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and connectionist modelling. This edition includes expanded coverage of many topics including reading development, bilingualism and language and memory. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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* Paperback: 602 pages
* Publisher: Psychology Press; 3 edition (January 15, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1841693820
* ISBN-13: 978-1841693828
* Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.4 x 1 inches
Second Language Writing Research: Perspectives on the Process of Knowledge Construction (Paperback)
by Paul Kei Matsuda (Editor), Tony Silva (Editor)
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...an excellent volume....the book will be an invaluable aid to new researchers seeking to define their own perspectives on methodology and analysis
—The Canadian Modern Language Review
The volume as a whole facilitates a situated, issue-driven research practice. Its unique focus on second language writing research makes it an invaluable resource for both novice and experienced researcher in the field.
—CSA Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
...this volume makes an important contribution because there is currently scant discussion on methodological practices in the field. Certainly, this collection succeeds in shedding light on the issues and challenges surrounding L2 writing research.
—Studies in Second Language Acquisition
...a unique, behind-the-scenes examination of the ideas and procedures that have gone into research on writing in English as a second or foreign language, as documented by a sample of noted researchers from around the world reflecting on their own research studies and concepts associated with this....This book adds a dimension of depth to studies of second-language writing that few others provide. It will be highly informative for graduate students and novice researchers in the field as well as for experienced researchers in related domains around the world.
—Alister Cumming
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto
Second Language Writing Research: Perspectives on the Process of Knowledge Construction is substantive, thought-provoking, and relevant. This is a wonderful collection--a pleasure to read!
—Ann Johns
San Diego State University
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In this original volume, eighteen researchers from different parts of the world reflect on their own research projects, providing insights into key methodological issues in research on second language writing. By offering a glimpse into the process of constructing and negotiating knowledge in the field--the messy space of situated practices of inquiry--it helps to demystify the research process, which can appear in published studies and in introductory methodology guides to be neater and more orderly than it actually is.
Taking a broad conception of research as inquiry that emphasizes the situated and constructed nature of knowledge in the field, Second Language Writing Research: Perspectives on the Process of Knowledge Construction encourages multiple forms of inquiry, including philosophical, narrative, and historical modes. Empirical inquiry as presented in this book encompasses both quantitative and qualitative approaches as well as those that strategically combine them. A helpful discussion of the "nuts and bolts" of developing sustainable research programs is also provided. The volume as a whole facilitates a situated, issue-driven research practice. Its unique focus on second language writing research makes it an invaluable resource for both novice and experienced researchers in the field.
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* Paperback: 272 pages
* Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum; 1 edition (January 24, 2005)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0805850465
* ISBN-13: 978-0805850468
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A Synthesis of Research on Second Language Writing in English: 1980-2005 (Paperback)
by Leki (Author)
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I applaud the authors for this sizeable undertaking, as well as the care exercised in selecting and sequencing topics and subtopics. A major strength and salient feature of this volume is its range: It will serve as a key reference tool for researchers w
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Synthesizing twenty-five years of the most significant and influential findings of published research on second language writing in English, this volume promotes understanding and provides access to research developments in the field. Overall, it distinguishes the major contexts of English L2 learning in North America, synthesizes the research themes, issues, and findings that span these contexts, and interprets the methodological progression and substantive findings of this body of knowledge. Of particular interest is the extensive bibliography, which makes this volume an essential reference tool for libraries and serious writing professionals, both researchers and practitioners, both L1 and L2. This book is designed to help researchers become familiar with the most important research on this topic, to promote understanding of pedagogical needs of L2 writing students, and to introduce graduate students to L2 writing research findings. It is organized in three sections: Contexts for L2 Writing , covering research on L2 writers' in school settings, in community, workplace, and professional environments, and in respect to ideological issues; Instruction and Assessment , focusing on pedagogical and assessment issues within courses and institutions; Basic Research on Second Language Writing , reviewing basic empirical research on L2 writers, composing processes, and texts. A Synthesis of Research on L2 Writing in English is intended for L2 writing researchers world wide, L2 writing practitioners, graduate students in TESOL methods courses, L1 English writing professionals and practitioners, and graduate students in teacher education courses in literacy development, as well as writing centers serving the growing number of L2 writers using those services.
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* Paperback: 259 pages
* Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (June 24, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0805855335
* ISBN-13: 978-0805855333
Understanding Second Language Process (Second Language Acquisition) (Paperback)
by ZhaoHong Han (Editor)
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This book assembles 11 analytical and empirical studies on the process of second language acquisition, probing a wide array of issues, from transfer appropriate processing to L2 default processing strategies, among hearing or deaf learners of a variety of
About the Author
ZhaoHong Han is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests include second language learnability, teachability, and fossilization. She is the author of Fossilization in Adult Second Lan
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* Paperback: 232 pages
* Publisher: Multilingual Matters (November 15, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1847690130
* ISBN-13: 978-1847690135
* Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
Word: A Cross-linguistic Typology (Paperback)
by R. M. W. Dixon (Editor), Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (Editor) "In this book we ask how 'word' should be defined..." (more)
Key Phrases: conventionalised coherence, one grammatical word, phonological word boundary, Modern Greek, American Sign Language, Cambridge University Press (more...)
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"This book offers a wealth of information on the status of the 'word' in a typologically and geographically diverse set of languages, both oral and signed...xcellent." Studies in the Linguistic Sciences
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A distinguished international group of scholars analyze the concept of "word" and its applicability in a range of typologically diverse languages. The languages include Amazonian, Australian Aboriginal, Eskimo, Native North American, West African, Balkan, Caucasian and Indo-Pakistani Sign Language. They exhibit a great range of phonological, morphological and grammatical characteristics, enabling the contributors to refine the definition of a "word" against this broad linguistic landscape. The book is of interest to scholars of linguistic typology and of morphology.
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* Paperback: 308 pages
* Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (November 5, 2007)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 052104605X
* ISBN-13: 978-0521046053
* Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
Using Computers in Linguistics: A Practical Guide (Paperback)
by John Lawler (Author) "The progress made in the last decade toward harnessing the power of electronic computers as a tool for the ordinary working linguist (OWL) has been..." (more)
Key Phrases: ordinary working linguist, crossing brackets, concordance program, World Wide Web, Brown Corpus, Randolph Valentine (more...)
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'This book is essential for scholars and students who want to use computers in any aspect at all in their language or text teaching and research ... Overall this book is an excellent resource and introduction for both scholars and students interested in the use of computers in linguistics.' - Language and Literature 2001 Vol 10 (3) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Computing has reshaped the way we conceptualize language and has had a dramatic impact on the discipline of linguistics.
Using Computers in Linguistics provides a non-technical introduction to recent developments in linguistic computing and offers specific guidance to the linguist or language professional who wishes to take advantage of them. Written by a team of expert contributors, each essay focuses on a different aspect of the interaction of computing and linguistics. The book features a glossary of technical terms, including acronyms, chapter appendices which list and review relevant resources, such as books, software, URL's, as well as more extensive and regularly updated appendices of resources on the Web: http://www.routledge.com.
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* Paperback: 320 pages
* Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (June 26, 1998)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0415167930
* ISBN-13: 978-0415167932
* Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
Number (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) (Hardcover)
by Greville G. Corbett (Author)
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"n exemplary treatment of a linguistic category...well-organized and clearly written. n excellent guide for any student of linguistics and a comprehensive handbook of encyclopedic character for professional linguists." Leonid Kulikov, University of Nijmegen, Southwest Journal of Linguistics
"This book is another magnum opus by Corbett, to add to his earlier books on agreement and gender. It develops arguments from these works, while also breaking completely new ground. Number will be of great interest to all linguists, and also those from outside the field. Corbett is to be congratulated...and his next magnum opus will be awaited with eager anticipation." Canadian Slavonic Papers
"The standard not only for other textbooks in linguistics but also for all works dealing with a grammatical category." General Linguistics
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Number is the most underestimated of the grammatical categories. It is deceptively simple yet distinctions in number (as in cat versus cats ) vary considerably from language to language. Some languages, for instance, make more distinctions than English, having three, four or even five different values. This book draws on examples from many languages to analyze the possibilities and reveals that the world's linguistic resources are richer than even many linguists realize. It is intended for linguistic students and teachers and is an ideal entry to linguistic typology.
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* Hardcover: 378 pages
* Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (January 29, 2001)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0521640164
* ISBN-13: 978-0521640169
* Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
建议楼主同时给出googlebook的链接好让大家看看其中的部分章节及目录
Phonics Exposed: Understanding and Resisting Systematic Direct Intense Phonics Instruction (Hardcover)
by Richard J. Meyer (Author)
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The text is easy to understand and asks questions of the reader, drawing them into the book. An appendix includes phonics rules. Written for reading teachers, this singularly focused book is recommended for academic libraries supporting reading programs, elementary teacher education students, practitioners, and activists.
—CHOICE
Phonics Exposed is simultaneously (1) a gorgeously thick ethnographic description of one mandated scripted phonics lesson; (2) a lucid, graceful spelling-out of how the minute-to-minute unfolding of one lesson, as actually lived by a teacher and students, illustrates a range of theoretical arguments about reading, identities, race, culture, curriculum, and politics; and (3) a useful handbook for education activists. Rick Meyer has written an amazing look-you-in-the eye kind of book--deceptively simple because it is so rhetorically friendly; full of humor and hope despite the current politico-educational crisis it addresses. I was hooked (on Phonics Exposed, not on ph--) right from the start.
—Carole Edelsky
Arizona State University
Richard Meyer's Phonics Exposed....makes it abundantly clear that reading is political. He demonstrates how the impositions of mandates and laws about the teaching of reading deprofessionalizes the art and science of teaching reading and at the same time disenfranchises children from becoming critical and lifelong readers....Phonics Exposed is not only an exposé of the phonics debacle but just as importantly a call to action....
—Yetta M. Goodman
University of Arizona, From the Foreword
Mandated programs are everywhere....This book has the potential of forcing administrators and politicians to think about what they are doing when they mandate programs....It will be an eye opener to many people and has the potential of having a major impact.
—Prisca Martens
Indiana University-Purdue University
* Hardcover: 200 pages
* Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum; 1 edition (November 1, 2001)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0805839100
* ISBN-13: 978-0805839104
* Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
Multilingual Classroom Ecologies: Inter-Relationships, Interactions, and Ideologies (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism) (Hardcover)
by Angela Creese (Other Contributor)
Key Phrases: wider linguistic ecology, teacher suitability, biliterate development, United States, Cambridge University Press, School of Education (more...)
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* Hardcover: 142 pages
* Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited (August 2003)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1853596965
* ISBN-13: 978-1853596964
The theme of this book is the multilingual classroom and the inter- relationships, interactions and ideologies that pertain in such classrooms. Drawing on studies from different multilingual communities in different parts of the world, the volume demonstrates the complex nature of the multilingual classroom from an ecological perspective.