Analogy As Structure And Process: Approaches in Linguistics, Cognitive Psychology And Philosophy of Science (Human Cognitive Processing)
By Esa Itkonen
* Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Co
* Number Of Pages:249
* Publication Date:2005-12-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:9027223661
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9789027223661
Summary: Analogy As Structure And Process
Rating: 5
It is a good deal. It's an expensive book but it's worthy. It was delivered to me very safely and on time.
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The concept of analogy is of central concern to modern cognitive scientists, whereas it has been largely neglected in linguistics in the past four decades. The goal of this thought-provoking book is (1) to introduce a cognitively and linguistically viable notion of analogy; and (2) to re-establish and build on traditional linguistic analogy-based research.
As a starting point, a general definition of analogy is offered that makes the distinction between analogy-as-structure and analogy-as-process.
Chapter 2 deals with analogy as used in traditional linguistics. It demonstrates how phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and diachronic linguistics make use of analogy and discusses linguistic domains in which analogy does or did not work. The appendix gives a description of a computer program, which performs such instances of analogy-based syntactic analysis as have long been claimed impossible.
Chapter 3 supports the ultimate (non-modular) ‘unity of the mind’ and discusses the existence of pervasive analogies between language and such cognitive domains as vision, music, and logic.
The final chapter presents evidence for the view that the cosmology of every culture is based on analogy.
At a more abstract level, the role of analogy in scientific change is scrutinized, resulting in a meta-analogy between myth and science.
Table of contents
Preface
ix
Introduction
xi–xiii
1. The concept of analogy
1–66
2. Analogy inside linguistics
67–127
3. Analogy and/or overlap between language and other cognitive domains
129–163
4. Analogy (mainly) outside linguistics
165–197
5. Concluding remarks
199–202
Appendix
203–220
Notes
221–227
References
229–241
Name index
243–245
Subject index
247–249
“Itkonen's views of analogy make a real summa of this concept while opening a multitude of new epistemological and methodological perspectives for research in linguistics.”
Thomas Verjans, Universite Paris 4-Sorbonne, in ICLA-review, February 2008.
“I commend the book to the attention of its intended audience, which is not limited to linguists: cognitive scientists and philosophers interested in epistemology would also be likely to find it worth their while.”
Michael B. Kac, University of Minnesota, in Studies in Language, Vol. 32:4 (2008)
Beyond Rhetorical Questions: Assertive Questions in Everyday Interaction (Studies in Bilingualism)
By Irene Koshik
* Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Co
* Number Of Pages:184
* Publication Date:2005-05
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:9027226261
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9789027226266
This book uses Conversation Analysis methodology to analyze rhetorical and other questions that are designed to convey assertions, rather than seek new information. It shows how these question sequences unfold interactionally in naturally-occurring talk in a variety of settings, e.g., friends arguing over the phone, parents disciplining children, news interviews, and second language writing conferences. The questions are used across these widely different contexts to perform a number of related social actions such as accusations, challenges to prior turns, and complaints. Those used in institution settings, such as teacher-student conferences, orient to institutional norms and roles and can help accomplish institutional goals, e.g., eliciting student error correction. Both the interactional context in which these questions are embedded and the known epistemic authority of the questioner play a role in our understanding of these questions, i.e., what social actions the question is accomplishing in a particular interaction.
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
ix–x
1. Introduction
1–7
2. Yes/No Reversed Polarity Questions
9–37
3. Wh- Reversed Polarity Questions
39–70
4. Yes/No Reversed Polarity Questions Used in Pedagogically Specific Practices
71–109
5. Alternative Question Error Correction Sequences
111–145
6. Conclusion
147–159
Appendix: Transcription Symbols
161
Notes
163–167
References
169–174
Name index
175–176
Subject index
177–182
The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Competence in a Study Abroad Context (Second Language Acquisition)
By Vera Regan, Martin Howard, Isabelle Leme
* Publisher:Multilingual Matters
* Number Of Pages:168
* Publication Date:2009-04-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:1847691560
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9781847691569
Review
This book is a real eye opener for anyone who would equate conjugating verbs and memorizing noun genders with 'learning' a second language. Regan et al. offer a stunning demonstration that effective communication hinges on acquiring the sociolinguistic competence to interpret (and produce) the many choices among variant linguistic structures that native speakers make regularly in their everyday interactions. Exemplifying with the controversial Year Abroad experience, the authors provide a first detailed account of how this is achieved. Their results should be required reading for educators, planners and policymakers, as well as linguists of all stripes. Shana Poplack, FRSC, Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics, University of Ottawa, Canada This exciting new book represents a significant leap forward for research on the effects of study abroad on second language acquisition. It focuses on the sociolinguistic competence of second language learners in a university setting, an unexplored dimension of this research strand. The volume offers a careful documentation and analysis of the crucial role played by a one-year stay in France on the acquisition of key aspects of sociostylistic variation in the spoken French of advanced-level students of French as a Second Language. Second language researchers, programme planners, and teachers will undoubtedly find this volume an insightful and useful resource. Raymond Mougeon
Product Description
This volume explores the relationship between 'study abroad' and the acquisition of 'sociolinguistic competence' - the ability to communicate in socially appropriate ways. The volume looks at language development and use during study abroad in France by examining patterns of variation in the speech of advanced L2 speakers. Within a variationist paradigm, fine-grained empirical analyses of speech illuminate choices the L2 speaker makes in relation to their new identity, gender patterns, closeness or distance maintained in the social context in which they find themselves. Using both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, four variable features of contemporary spoken French are analysed in a large population of advanced Irish-English speakers of French. This close-up picture provides empirical evidence by which to evaluate the wide-spread assumption that Study Abroad is highly beneficial for second language learning.
The Politics of Language Education: Individuals and Institutions (New Perspectives on Language and Education)
By Charles Alderson
* Publisher:Multilingual Matters
* Number Of Pages:208
* Publication Date:2009-03-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:1847691439
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9781847691439
Review
This is a brave, honest and challenging book which provides the missing piece in our understanding of the implementation of language education policy, in particular, and the management of change, more generally. --Viv Edwards, University of Reading, UK
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Politics can be a very important influence on educational developments and their deployment. However, this volume is different from other volumes since it looks, not at the macropolitics and the ideological agendas of nations and multinational or global organisations, but rather focuses on micropolitics, the agendas and motivations of individuals within organisations, and on their actions. Micropolitics can be seen as ways of manoeuvring within institutions which are themselves not political, but commercial, financial and educational. Indeed, politics with a small 'p' includes not only institutional politics, but also personal politics, which can influence language education both in daily matters, and in projects for innovation and change. The aim of this edited book is to begin a debate about the nature and role of micropolitics, to contribute to a better understanding of language education, change and resistance to change, and the processes of language education.
Collaborative Research in Multilingual Classrooms (Critical Language and Literacy Studies)
By Corey Denos, Kelleen Toohey, Kathy Neilson
* Publisher:Multilingual Matters
* Number Of Pages:112
* Publication Date:2009-02-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:1847691374
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9781847691378
Review
The account of this group of professionals collaborating, discussing and understanding across school and university contexts is uplifting, inspiring and hopeful. It is an excellent example of how teachers and academics can engage in changing school practices and how we all experience varying roles as knowers and learners. --Angela Creese, School of Education, University of Birmingham, UK
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Reporting on the research collaborations of a group of teachers, graduate students and a university professor, this book weaves together their collective insights about how classrooms might be better for students of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, abilities and socio-economic circumstances, and better for teachers as well. It also shows how research collaborations can result in rich and compelling descriptions of classroom events. Written in a style accessible to teachers and student teachers, it introduces sociocultural perspectives on identity, classroom and community practices, helping and transformative possibilities, using teacher narratives to reflect the complexity of classroom decision-making and reflective action.
Language Disabilities in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism)
By Deirdre Martin
* Publisher:Multilingual Matters
* Number Of Pages:220
* Publication Date:2009-05-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:1847691595
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9781847691590
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Review
This book fills a significant gap in the current literature in an original and stimulating way. Deirdre Martin was among those who recognised at an early stage that professionals such as speech and language therapists and teachers would need to develop better strategies for working with children with communication and interaction needs who were learning English as an additional language. --Tony Cline
This volume offers a nuanced account of language related disabilities in culturally and linguistically diverse contexts. It invites a critical rethink of key theoretical and methodological issues regarding multilingualism and communication disorders. It also provides practical advice to professionals and parents who have to deal with real-life situations on a daily basis. --Professor Li Wei, Birkbeck College, University of London
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"Language Disabilities in Cultural and Linguistic Diversity" takes a critical perspective on traditional bio-cognitive-social approaches to language disabilities - specific language impairment, communication difficulties, dyslexia and deafness. A socio-cultural approach orientates a reinterpretation of research, educational practices and policies in assessment, teaching and intervention. A Vygotskian framework affords repositioning of assessment, learning and development for language disabilities as they are influenced and shaped by experiences of multilingualism, culture, ethnicity and race. The author, rather than present definitive answers, aims to offer new analyses and extend current understanding of linguistic phenomena fraught by dilemmas of disentangling diversity and disability. The volume serves as a source of reflection and inquiry for students, professionals and policy makers in education and health who are interested in disability and language disabilities in multilingual and multicultural contexts.
New Trends in Audiovisual Translation (Topics in Translation)
By Jorge Daz Cintas
* Publisher:Multilingual Matters
* Number Of Pages:216
* Publication Date:2009-04-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:1847691544
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9781847691545
Review
Essential reading for all those interested in Audiovisual Translation, this volume contains relevant material of considerable interest to anyone looking for a broad understanding of this emerging field. The comprehensive and updated introduction written by the editor and the remarkable selection of innovative and exciting articles make this stimulating contribution a valuable and helpful tool that will appeal to researchers, teachers and students interested in this dynamic field of translation. --Frederic Chaume, Professor of Audiovisual Translation, Universitat Jaume I, Spain
New Trends in Audiovisual Translation is going to be a classic. This is a must read, a prime example of solid scholarship and academic writing in this relatively young branch of Translation Studies. Jorge Díaz Cintas's lucid introduction offers a rare insight into the roots of AVT research, as well as its almost limitless but challenging future potential. The articles in the collection cover judiciously selected topics that constitute the core of AVT research and, indeed, Translation Studies today. AVT research emerges as a truly interdisciplinary research domain of great scientific and social relevance. --Aline Remael, Professor of Audiovisual Translation and Translation Studies, Artesis University College, Antwerp, Belgium
Product Description
New Trends in Audiovisual Translation is an innovative and interdisciplinary collection of articles written by leading experts in the emerging field of audiovisual translation (AVT). In a highly accessible and engaging way, it introduces readers to some of the main linguistic and cultural challenges that translators encounter when translating films and other audiovisual productions. The chapters in this volume examine translation practices and experiences in various countries, highlighting how AVT plays a crucial role in shaping debates about languages and cultures in a world increasingly dependent on audiovisual media. Through analysing materials which have been dubbed and subtitled like Bridget Jones' Diary, Forrest Gump, and The Simpsons or South Park, the authors raise awareness of current issues in the study of AVT and offer new insights on this complex and vibrant area of the translation discipline.
Language Universals
By Morten H. Christiansen, Christopher Collins, Shimon Edelman
* Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
* Number Of Pages:312
* Publication Date:2009-03-17
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:0195305434
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9780195305432
Product Description:
Languages differ from one another in bewildering and seemingly arbitrary ways. For example, in English, the verb precedes the direct object ('understand the proof'), but in Japanese, the direct object comes first. In some languages, such as Mohawk, it is not even possible to establish a basic word order. Nonetheless, languages do share certain regularities in how they are structured and used. The exact nature and extent of these "language universals" has been the focus of much research and is one of the central explanatory goals in the language sciences.
During the past 50 years, there has been tremendous progress, a few major conceptual revolutions, and even the emergence of entirely new fields. The wealth of findings and theories offered by the various language-science disciplines has made it more important than ever to work toward an integrated understanding of the nature of human language universals. This book is the first to examine language universals from a cross-disciplinary perspective. It provides new insights into long standing questions such as: What exactly defines the human capacity for language? Are there universal properties of human languages and, if so, what are they? Can all language universals be explained in the same way, or do some universals require different kinds of explanations from others? Language Universals is unique in starting with the assumption that the best way to approach these and related questions is through a dialogue between a wide range of disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, computer science and biology.
Lexical Competence (Language, Speech, and Communication)
By Diego Marconi
* Publisher:The MIT Press
* Number Of Pages:400
* Publication Date:1997-04-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:0262133334
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9780262133333
Product Description:
"`Semantics' is a very puzzling word. It acquires different meanings in such expressions as Model-theoretical Semantics, Lexical Semantics, Structural Semantics and so on. Marconi's book is a remarkable attempt to make the meaning of meaning less meaningless." -- Umberto Eco "What does it take to understand a word? This exemplarily lucid and up-to-date book by one of the leaders of analytic philosophy's current upsurge in continental Europe has plenty to teach philosophers, linguists and cognitive scientists about the answer. -- Timothy Williamson, University of Edinburgh "In a manner at once learned and persuasive, Marconi's book argues that an adequate theory of language must prioritize inferential competence (the ability to recognize what follows inferentially) alongside referential competence (the ability to recognize occasions of use). His plausible defense of this thesis is bound to attract attention and controversy. Win, lose, or draw it will make a significant contribution to our understanding of language use." -- Nicholas Rescher, University Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh
What does our ability to use words--that is, our lexical competence--consist of? What is the difference between a system that can be said to understand language and one that cannot? Most approaches to word meaning fail to account for an essential aspect of our linguistic competence, namely, our ability to apply words to the world. This monograph proposes a dual picture of human lexical competence in which inferential and referential abilities are separate--a proposal confirmed by neuropsychological research on brain- damaged persons. According to the author, artificial systems for natural-language understanding could come much closer to achieving their goal if they conformed to this dual picture of competence. Topics discussed include classical issues in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind such as the analytic/synthetic dichotomy, semantic holism, causal theories of reference, dual-factor theories, publicness, verificationism, and Searle's Chinese room. Language, Speech, Communication series
Summary: New Links between Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence
Rating: 5
Lexical competence is both ability to do the right inferences and ability to recognize objects. The traditional analysis of lexical meaning (meaning postulates, semantic networks) are unable to explain the proper working of lexical competence. Arguing against mentalistic and causal theories of meaning, Marconi gives an account of "referential" competence, stressing the role of perception in language understanding.
A careful historical assessment of the basic ideas on meaning in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence brings about a rigorous criticism of some leading contemporary authors (Bilgrami, Chomsky, Davidson, Fodor, Jakendoff, Putnam). Following a Wittgensteinian attitude to meaning and understanding the author concludes suggesting an approach to intelligent artificial systems which dismantles Searle's famous argument of the chinese room. Among the issues discussed: holism, externalism, communication, natural kinds, normativeness, stereotypes, vision! , understanding.
Gender, Language And New Literacy (Research in Corpus and Discourse)
By Eva-maria Thune, Simona Leonardi, Carla Bazzanella
* Publisher:Continuum
* Number Of Pages:235
* Publication Date:2006-11-23
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:0826488528
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9780826488527
Product Description:
This book presents cross-cultural research on gender as it is lexically and socially categorized in electronic media. For the purposes of the study, the authors have compiled a corpus of gender terms from online thesauruses to show how new technologies interact with gender categorizations in different languages, and how these are related to their respective culture and society. Each language is examined within the same theoretical framework, functional semantics, focusing on lexicon. This common empirical ground facilitates cross-language comparison. The contributors examine languages from around the world, including the Indo-European, Semitic, Uralic and Austro-Asiatic families.
Current Trends in Contrastive Linguistics: Functional and cognitive perspectives (Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics)
By Maria De Los Angeles Gomez Gonzalez, J. Lachlan Mackenzie, Elsa M. Gonzalez-Alvarez
* Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Company
* Number Of Pages:354
* Publication Date:2008-12-17
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:9027215715
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9789027215710
Dictionary of Semiotics
By Bronwen Martin
* Publisher:Continuum International Publishing
* Number Of Pages:188
* Publication Date:1999-12-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:0304706361
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9780304706365
Product Description:
A much-needed guide to the terms and models used in the semiotic approach. Over the past few decades, semiotics has increasingly gained in popularity and yet, to many, the very term remains an enigma. But, until now, there has never been a dictionary that
Summary: College level material
Rating: 4
I have been trying to find ideas that might be useful within the DICTIONARY OF SEMIOTICS by Bronwen Martin and Felizitas Ringham. This dictionary is intellectual enough to have a Bibliography and an index, and could direct you to other books that would be helpful, but the first seven items in the Bibliography appear to be in French. People who speak French might know what to expect in this dictionary if they already know the meaning of L'Espace, Semantique structurale, semio-linquistique, and semiotique. People whose literary experiences have been in English will want to have a knowledge of fairy tales or action type movies which fall into the "Canonical narrative scheme" (p. 32) plot structure for understanding what is being discussed in most of the definitions of this book.
An application, "A Semiotic Analysis of Sleeping Beauty" (pp. 143-167) is provided for those who need to see an example of the form of discourse that semiotics produces in practice. In a world in which entertainment seems to be the most commercially successful form of communication, an intellectual field like semiotics may provide intellectuals with a framework in which they can attempt to understand the significance of actions which might otherwise seem as mind-numbing as hours of video games. I have not been spending much time on video games lately, but I had a tendency to play games that simulated activities on an assembly line or playing field that continued to proceed smoothly as long as the game player could keep pace with whatever was on the screen. The "Semiotic square" (pp. 116-118) attempts to diagram forms of opposition in a way that produces something more complicated than linear thought, and time within the story of "Sleeping Beauty" (slightly less than two and a half pages) is analyzed in a manner that identifies fifteen figurative isotopies from "once" to "finally." The DICTIONARY OF SEMIOTICS includes a description of semiotics in the entry for Metalanguage: "Semiotics itself is a metalanguage, in other words, the term refers to the language or concepts that define the manner meaning is produced." (p. 83).
If suddenly activities like video games could replace communication, the need or use for semiotics would disappear. Particularly in the field of editorial cartoons, the subtle switch from comic books or movies about invading Mars being replaced by video games based on a Martian invasion by earthlings seems to point the way to a future in which this might be the main thing.
If my reviews of books on philosophy have sometimes been a catastrophe, it could be because I have usually been more concerned with what this DICTIONARY OF SEMIOTICS defines as "Epistemic modalities" than with how much a normal reader might enjoy any particular book. Within the field of epistemic concerns, "the modalities connected involve certainty/uncertainty and probability/improbability." (p. 59). Some of our greatest doubts are about history and what came before, so it seems possible to me that at the time of the founding of Athens, and possibly until the fall of ancient Athens and the hemlock for Socrates, there was a civilization in India that was a matriarchy, or which had displaced matriarchal societies to marginal areas which did not attempt to support large populations. This civilization could have had great cities that were destroyed by invaders who lived in huts and left no trace of the cities. I spent a year of my life in huts, away from large cities, and a number of Americans are still taking part in that kind of activity. September 11 was an event involving the destruction of buildings, and the American reaction has taken a form that seems to rely on video game reflexes far more than on epistemic modalities.
"In semiotic terms, epistemic modalities form part of the competence needed by an enunciatee to evaluate a proposition. In order to establish an enunciative contract (implicit or explicit), an enunciator attempts to persuade (faire croire) the enunciatee, who, for his/her part, seals his/her own interpretative doing with an epistemic judgement, that is, with either believing (croire) the enunciator or doubting (ne pas croire) his/her statements." (p. 59).
This book was published in 2000, but problems in stories correspond to the means used to evaluate where history is taking us.
"The epistemic judgement in this instance refers to the assessment of the narrative subject's performance being in accordance with the initial contract. It also relates to cognitive sanction in that it distributes belief or disbelief in statements made within a narrative. . . . Scientific discourse in particular is characterized by a surfeit of epistemic modalization which appears to take the place of verifying procedures. The same goes for the experimental sciences and all discourse whose hypotheses are difficult to verify." (p. 60).
In this book, politics does not appear in the index or as an entry in the main text, but it would fall between "Poetic or aesthetic function" (pp. 102-103) and Polysemy" (p. 103). Close enough for government work is:
"The word `head' is polysemic, as it would appear in the dictionary as (a) a part of the body or (b) a leader, as in `Head of State'." (p. 103).
Grammatical Constructions: Back to the Roots (Constructional Approaches to Language)
By Mirjam Fried, Hans Christian Boas, International Conference on Construction
* Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Co
* Number Of Pages:243
* Publication Date:2005-12-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:9027218242
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9789027218247
English mediopassive constructions: A cognitive, corpus-based study of their origin, spread, and current status (Language & Computers 58) (Language & Computers: Studies in Practical Linguistics)
By Marianne Hundt
* Publisher:Editions Rodopi BV
* Number Of Pages:237
* Publication Date:2006-12-20
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:9042021276
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9789042021273
Product Description:
This book provides the first empirical study of the history and spread of mediopassive constructions. It investigates the productivity of the pattern, the spread of the construction in Modern English, and looks into text type-specific preferences for the construction. On a more abstract level, it combines the corpus-based description of mediopassive constructions with cognitive linguistic models, drawing largely on notions such as 'prototype', 'family resemblances', 'patch' and 'construction'. The theoretical modelling is largely based on data from real texts. These come from publicly available machine-readable corpora, text-databases and a single-register 'corpus' (American mail-order catalogues). The study combines the corpus-based approach with cognitive theories and is therefore of interest to both empirical and theoretical linguists. Contents: List of tables and figures Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Defining the object of study Chapter 3: Previous studies Chapter 4: Theoretical background Chapter 5: The mediopassive in Present Day English Chapter 6: The history of mediopassives Chapter 7: Conclusion References Appendix 1: Primary material Appendix 2: Sample pages of Sears & Roebucks catalogues Appendix 3: Additional tables and figures Index
Linking up contrastive and learner corpus research (Language & Computers)
By Ga雝anelle Gilquin, Szilvia Papp, María Belén Díez-Bedmar
* Publisher:Rodopi
* Number Of Pages:308
* Publication Date:2008-09-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:9042024461
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9789042024465
Product Description:
The papers brought together in this volume explore, through corpus data, the link between contrastive and interlanguage analysis. Learner corpora are approached from a contrastive perspective, by comparing them with native corpora or corpus data produced by learners from other mother tongue backgrounds, or by combining them with contrastive data from multilingual (translation or comparable) corpora. The integration of these two frameworks, contrastive and learner corpus research, makes it possible to highlight crucial aspects of learner production, such as features of non-nativeness (errors, over- and underuse, unidiomatic expressions), including universal features of interlanguage, or more general issues like the question of transfer. The ten papers of this volume cover topics ranging from methodology to syntax (e.g. adverb placement, postverbal subjects), through lexis (collocations) and discourse (e.g. information packaging, thematic choice). The languages examined include English, Chinese, Dutch, French and Spanish. The book will be of interest to a wide array of readers, especially researchers in second language acquisition and contrastive linguistics, but also professionals working in foreign language teaching, such as language teachers, materials writers and language testers.
When Listeners Talk (Pragmatics & Beyond New)
By Rod Gardner
* Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Co
* Number Of Pages:303
* Publication Date:2001-09
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:9027251118
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9789027251114
Empirical Linguistics (Open Linguistics)
By Geoffrey Sampson
* Publisher:Continuum
* Number Of Pages:240
* Publication Date:2002-10
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:0826457940
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9780826457943
Product Description:
Linguistics has become an empirical science again after several decades when it was preoccupied with speakers' hazy "intuitions" about language structure. With a mixture of English-language case studies and more theoretical analyses, Geoffrey Sampson gives an overview of some of the new findings and insights about the nature of language which are emerging from investigations of real-life speech and writing, often (although not always) using computers and electronic language samples ("corpora"). Concrete evidence is brought to bear to resolve long-standing questions such as "Is there one English language or many Englishes?" and "Do different social groups use characteristically elaborated or restricted language codes?" Sampson shows readers how to use some of the new techniques for themselves, giving a step-by-step "recipe-book" method for applying a quantitative technique that was invented by Alan Turing in the World War II code-breaking work at Bletchley Park and has been rediscovered and widely applied in linguistics fifty years later.
Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self (Second Language Acquisition)
By Zoltan D鰎nyei, Ema Ushioda
* Publisher:Multilingual Matters
* Number Of Pages:352
* Publication Date:2009-01-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:1847691285
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9781847691286
Product Description:
With contributions by leading European, North American and Asian scholars, this volume offers a comprehensive anthology of conceptual and empirical papers describing the latest developments in L2 motivation research that involves the reframing of motivation in the context of contemporary notions of self and identity.
Unity and Diversity in Language Use (Continuum Collection)
By Kristyan Spelman Miller, Paul Thompson
* Publisher:Continuum International Publishing
* Number Of Pages:232
* Publication Date:2005-11-23
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:0826478743
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9780826478740
Product Description:
The papers in this collection, drawn from the 34th Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, reflect a number of different perspectives within the field of applied linguistics at the start of the twenty-first century. While add
Computer Learner Corpora, Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Teaching (Language Learning & Language Teaching)
By Sylviane Granger, Joseph Hung, Stephanie Petch, Stephanie Petch-Tyson
* Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Co
* Number Of Pages:242
* Publication Date:2002-10
* ISBN-10 / ASIN:9027217017
* ISBN-13 / EAN:9789027217011
Product Description:
This work takes stock of current research into computer learner corpora conducted both by ELT and SLA specialists. It should be of particular interest to researchers looking to assess its relevance to SLA theory and ELT practice. Throughout the volume, emphasis is also placed on practical, methodological aspects of computer learner corpus research, in particular the contribution of technology to the research process. The advantages and disadvantages of automated and semi-automated approaches are analyzed, the capabilities of linguistic software tools investigated, the corpora (and compilation processes) described in detail. In this way, an important function of the volume is to give practical insight to researchers who may be considering compiling a corpus of learner data or embarking on learner corpus research.