Functional Variations In English

Author : Ram Ashish Giri,Anamika Sharma,James D'Angelo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030522254

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Functional Variations in English by Ram Ashish Giri,Anamika Sharma,James D'Angelo Pdf

This volume is a compilation of 21 distinguished chapters, an Introduction, and an Afterword with a thematic focus on the functional variations of English in non-native contexts. Highly acclaimed scholars in the field of (applied) linguistics, bringing their expertise from the core areas of general linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics, educational linguistics, and stylistics, address the ways in which English language varies in different contexts. The contributions carefully examine the variations, the complexities and the concerns arising thereof, and explore the resultant pedagogical implications. The volume, in this respect, contributes to an informed process for policy decisions, curriculum design, material development, and most importantly classroom practices based on the ability, feasibility and desirability of English for the users, as a step towards nurturing globally-minded, globally-competent, and globally-functioning individuals. Taking the deliberations through and beyond Kachru’s world Englishes model of three circles, this book is an attempt to: See what the users of English ‘do’ or ‘do not do’ with the language, rather than ‘where’ they come from Create a flexible mindset to enable acceptance and respect for linguistic variations in English usage Promote practical abilities for language and ‘communication management’ Facilitate informed pedagogical practices based on global realities

Author : Günter Rohdenburg,Britta Mondorf
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110900019

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Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English by Günter Rohdenburg,Britta Mondorf Pdf

What factors influence the choice between alternative grammatical structures such as the following: a lit / a lighted cigarette, more full / fuller of convincing arguments, the main thesis of the book / the book's main thesis, take hostage a group of 15 holiday makers / take a group of 15 holidaymakers hostage, conceding that the argument is convincing / conceding the argument to be convincing? This is the central issue explored in this volume, which contains a unique selection of innovative in-depth empirical studies written in a broadly functional framework. The factors investigated include the following: phonological influences (such as the principle of rhythmic alternation and optimal syllable structure), frequency, pervasive semantic and pragmatic aspects (including iconicity, markedness, grammaticalization and typological tendencies), information structure, processing complexity and horror aequi (the avoidance of identity effects).

Author : Graham Lock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995-11-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521453054

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Functional English Grammar by Graham Lock Pdf

This text explores ways in which English grammar enables speakers and writers to represent the world, to interact with one another, and to create coherent messages. The hardback edition provides second language teachers with a functional description of English grammar, in which grammar is viewed not as a set of rules but as a communicative resource. It explores ways in which English grammar enables speakers and writers to represent their experience of the world, to interact with one another, and to create coherent messages. Each chapter includes a focus on areas of difficulty for second language learners, numerous authentic examples, tasks that allow the reader to apply the concepts introduced, and discussion questions. A final chapter covers issues in the learning and teaching of grammar, and reviews methodological options for the second or foreign language classroom. Assuming no previous study of linguistics or English grammar, Functional English Grammar is suitable for self-study or as a textbook in teacher education programs.

Author : Tony Bex,Richard J. Watts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134653140

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Standard English by Tony Bex,Richard J. Watts Pdf

Standard English draws together the leading international scholars in the field, who confront the debates surrounding 'Standard English', grammar and correctness head-on. These debates are as intense today as ever and extend far beyond an academic context. Current debates about the teaching of English in the school curriculum and concerns about declining standards of English are placed in a historical, social and international context. Standard English: * explores the definitions of 'Standard English', with particular attention to distinctions between spoken and written English * traces the idea of 'Standard English' from its roots in the late seventeenth century through to the present day. This is an accessible, seminal work which clarifies an increasingly confused topic. It includes contributions from: Ronald Carter, Jenny Cheshire, Tony Crowley, James Milroy, Lesley Milroy and Peter Trudgill.

Author : Caroline Coffin,Jim Donohue,Sarah North
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135692285

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Exploring English Grammar by Caroline Coffin,Jim Donohue,Sarah North Pdf

This engaging textbook bridges the gap between traditional and functional grammar. Starting with a traditional approach, students will develop a firm grasp of traditional tools for analysis and learn how SFG (Systemic Functional Grammar) can be used to enrich the traditional formal approach. Using a problem-solving approach, readers explore how grammatical structures function in different contexts by using a wide variety of thought-provoking and motivating texts including advertisements, cartoons, phone calls and chatroom dialogue. Each chapter focuses on a real world issue or problem that can be investigated linguistically, such as "mis"-translation or problems arising from a communication disorder. By working on these problems, students will become equipped to understand and analyze formal and functional grammar in different genres and styles. With usable and accessible activities throughout, Exploring English Grammar is ideal for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students of English language and linguistics.

Author : Ahmar Mahboob,Leslie Barratt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401788694

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Englishes in Multilingual Contexts by Ahmar Mahboob,Leslie Barratt Pdf

The chapters in this volume allow readers to develop a broad understanding of the issues around language variation and to recognise pedagogical implications of this work in multilingual contexts. The authors explore how variations in Englishes around the world relate to issues in English language teaching and learning. The English language has always existed alongside other languages. However, the last 200 years have shown a dramatic increase in the range, extent and context of contact between English and other languages. As a result of this contact, we find marked variations in Englishes around the world. The first part includes chapters of importance in studying English language variation in the context of education. The second part builds on an understanding of variation and identifies pedagogical possibilities that respect language variation and yet empower English language learners in diverse contexts.

Author : Randi Reppen,Susan M. Fitzmaurice,Douglas Biber
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027296160

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Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation by Randi Reppen,Susan M. Fitzmaurice,Douglas Biber Pdf

Using Corpora to Explore Linguistic Variation illustrates the ways in which linguistic variation can be explored through corpus-based investigation. Two major kinds of research questions are considered: variation in the use of a particular linguistic feature, and variation across dialects or registers. Part 1: “Exploring variation in the use of linguistic features” focuses on the study of specific words, expressions, or grammatical constructions, to study variation in the use of a particular linguistic feature. Part 2: “Exploring dialect and register variation” describes salient characteristics of dialects or registers and the patterns of variation across varieties. Part 3: “Exploring Historical Variation” applies these same two major perspectives to historical variation. One recurring theme is the extent to which linguistic variation depends on register differences, reflecting the importance of register as a key methodological and thematic concern in current corpus linguistic research.

Author : Jamal Ouhalla
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134934751

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Functional Categories and Parametric Variation by Jamal Ouhalla Pdf

From within the context of the Principles and Parameters framework put forward by Chomsky and others, Jamal Ouhalla develops the argument that much of what we understand by the term grammar involves functional categories.

Author : Ralph W. Fasold
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0878402071

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Analyzing Variation in Language by Ralph W. Fasold Pdf

This collection of different perspectives on language variation serves as a companion volume to New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English.

Author : Mike Hannay,Gerard J. Steen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027292599

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Structural-Functional Studies in English Grammar by Mike Hannay,Gerard J. Steen Pdf

This collection presents a number of studies in the lexico-grammar of English which focus on the one hand on close reading of language in context and on the other hand on current functional theoretical concerns. The various contributions represent distinct functionalist models of language, including Functional Grammar and Functional Discourse Grammar, Systemic-Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar, Cognitive Grammar and Construction Grammar. Taken together, however, they typify current work being conducted from the grammatical perspective within the functionalist enterprise, emphasizing on the relation between structure and usage. A fundamental goal of the enterprise is to identify linguistic structures which are constrained by specific features of use, or which actually encode specific features of use, as many of the contributions here show.

Author : Lotte Sommerer,Evelien Keizer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027258250

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English Noun Phrases from a Functional-Cognitive Perspective by Lotte Sommerer,Evelien Keizer Pdf

Despite a significant increase in interest over the last two decades in the English Noun Phrase, there are still many open questions and unexplored issues. The papers collected in this volume contribute to this ongoing research by addressing a range of topics concerning the internal structure, use and development of English Noun Phrases. The eleven chapters represent three main themes: 1. Determination, modification and complementation; 2. Shell nouns and the X-is construction; 3. Binominal constructions. These topics are approached in different ways: some chapters are synchronic in nature, others diachronic; and while most subscribe to functional-cognitive modelling, some take a more formal approach. In addition, different methodologies are employed, varying from qualitative and quantitative corpus analyses to experimental methods. As a result, the contributions to this volume represent both the main topics currently discussed in research on the English Noun Phrase, and the diversity in the way these topics are investigated.

Author : Elly van Gelderen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993-10-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027282422

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The Rise of Functional Categories by Elly van Gelderen Pdf

In recent years, word order has come to be seen, within a Government Binding/Minimalist framework, as determined by functional as well as lexical categories. Within this framework, functional categories are often seen as present in every language without evidence being available in that language. This book contains arguments that even though Universal Grammar makes functional categories available, the language learner must decide whether or not to incorporate them in his or her grammar. For instance, it is shown that English has one (not two as often assumed) functional category between the complementizer and the Negation, but that languages such as Dutch, Swedish, German and Old and Middle English have none. The title of the book can be seen in terms of the direction current research is taking; it can also be seen in terms of the changes that have taken place in English.

Author : Richard M. Hogg,Norman Francis Blake,Roger Lass,R. W. Burchfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521264766

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The Cambridge History of the English Language by Richard M. Hogg,Norman Francis Blake,Roger Lass,R. W. Burchfield Pdf

This volume of the Cambridge History of the English Language covers the period 1476-1776, beginning at the time of the establishment of Caxton's first press in England and concluding with the American Declaration of Independence, the notional birth of the first (non-insular) extraterritorial English. It encompasses three centuries which saw immense cultural change over the whole of Europe: the late middle ages, the renaissance, the reformation, the enlightenment, and the beginnings of romanticism. During this time, Middle English became Early Modern English and then developed into the early stages of indisputably 'modern', if somewhat old-fashioned, English. In this book, the distinguished team of six contributors traces these developments, covering orthography and punctuation, phonology and morphology, syntax, lexis and semantics, regional and social variation, and the literary language. The volume also contains a glossary of linguistic terms and an extensive bibliography.

Author : Ha Jin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015041290647

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Facing Shadows by Ha Jin Pdf

This is the second volume of poems from Chinese ex-patriot poet Ha Jin, who moved to the United States after the Tiananmen massacre. -- Amazon.com.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN : UOM:39015026176597

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Nuclear Science Abstracts by Anonim Pdf