Language And Linguistics In Context

Author : Harriet Luria,Deborah M. Seymour,Trudy Smoke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135602154

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Language and Linguistics in Context by Harriet Luria,Deborah M. Seymour,Trudy Smoke Pdf

Taking a sociocultural and educational approach, Language and Linguistics in Context: Readings and Applications for Teachers: *introduces basic linguistic concepts and current perspectives on language acquisition; *considers the role of linguistic change (especially in English) in the politics of language; *acknowledges the role of linguists in current policies involving language; *offers insights into the relationship between the structure of language systems and first- and second-language acquisition; the study of language across culture, class, race, gender, and ethnicity; and between language study and literacy and education; and *provides readers with a basis for understanding current educational debates about bilingual education, non-standard dialects, English only movements, literacy methodologies, and generally the importance to teaching of the study of language. The text is organized into three thematic units – "What is Language and How is It Acquired?"; "How Does Language Change?"; and "What is Literacy?". To achieve both breadth and depth – that is, to provide a “big picture” view of basic linguistics and at the same time make it specific enough for the beginner – a selection of readings, including personal language narratives, is provided to both introduce and clarify linguistic concepts. The readings, by well-known theoretical and applied linguists and researchers from various disciplines, are diverse in level and range of topics and vary in level of linguistic formalism. Pedagogical features: This text is designed for a range of courses in English and language arts, bilingualism, applied linguistics, and ESL courses in teacher education programs. Each unit contains a substantive introduction to the topic, followed by the readings. Each reading concludes with Questions to Think About including one Extending Your Understanding question, and a short list of Terms to Define. Each unit ends with additional Extending Your Understanding and Making Connections activities that engage readers in applying what they have read to teaching and suggested projects and a bibliography of Print and Web Resources. The readings and apparatus are arranged so that the material can be modified to fit many course plans and schemes of presentation. To help individual instructors make the most effective use of the text in specific classes, a set of matrixes is provided suggesting configurations of readings for different types of linguistics and education classes.

Author : Helen Leckie-Tarry
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781855672727

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Language and Context by Helen Leckie-Tarry Pdf

Language and Context breaks new ground in our understanding of the relationship between register, genre and context. Leckie-Tarry argues convincingly and engagingly for a functional theory of language which specifies register in terms of contextual and linguistic features, and which suggests a discursive relationship between the two. Moving beyond the limits of much of today's theory, this accessible volume develops a theoretical understanding of the relationship between text, context, langage function and linguistic form. Helen Leckie-Tarry, a specialist in the area of 'register and applied linguistics', died in 1991, aged 49. Although she had finished a large part of this work, her notes and draft chapters have been extensively edited by Professor David Birch. David Birch is currently Professor of Communication and media Studies at Central Queensland University, Australia, and previously taught at Murdoch University, Western Australia, and the National University of Singapore.

Author : Anita Fetzer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027253637

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Recontextualizing Context by Anita Fetzer Pdf

In the humanities and social sciences, context is one of those terms which is frequently used and frequently referred to, but hardly made explicit. This book proposes a model for describing the multifaceted connectedness between language and language use, and between cognitive context, linguistic context, social context and sociocultural context and their underlying principles of well-formedness, grammaticality, acceptability and appropriateness. Combining a range of theoretical frameworks in linguistics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and philosophy of language, Fetzer goes beyond the unilateral conception of speech and argues for a dialogue outlook on natural-language communication based on dialogue principles and dialogue categories. The most important ones are cooperation, joint production, micro and macro communicative intentions, micro and macro validity claims, co-suppositions, dialogue-common ground and communicative genre.

Author : Bettina Migge,Isabelle Léglise
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521195553

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Exploring Language in a Multilingual Context by Bettina Migge,Isabelle Léglise Pdf

Proposing a new methodological approach to documenting languages spoken in multilingual societies, this book retraces the investigation of one unique linguistic space, the Creole varieties referred to as Takitaki in multilingual French Guiana. It illustrates how interactional sociolinguistic, anthropological linguistic, discourse analytical and quantitative sociolinguistic approaches can be integrated with structural approaches to language in order to resolve rarely discussed questions systematically (what are the outlines of the community, who is a rightful speaker, what speech should be documented) that frequently crop up in projects of language documentation in multilingual contexts. The authors argue that comprehensively documenting complex linguistic phenomena requires taking into account the views of all local social actors (native and non native speakers, institutions, linguists, non-speakers etc.), applying a range of complementary data collection and analysis methods and putting issues of ideology, variation, language contact and interaction centre stage. This book will be welcomed by researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, fieldwork studies, language documentation and language variation and change.

Author : Natasha Artemeva,Janna D. Fox,Ana Lúcia Tavares Monteiro,Peggy Hartwick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Education
ISBN : 1032244844

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Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment by Natasha Artemeva,Janna D. Fox,Ana Lúcia Tavares Monteiro,Peggy Hartwick Pdf

"This volume reconsiders the role of context in language testing and assessment by applying key social theories, including theories of genre, situated learning, intercultural communication, multimodality, and interaction, to language testing and assessment research and practice"--

Author : Kirsten Malmkjær,John Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1998-10-08
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521633559

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Context in Language Learning and Language Understanding by Kirsten Malmkjær,John Williams Pdf

The papers in this volume represent varied views on the role of context in language learning.

Author : Joseph C. Hill,Diane C. Lillo-Martin,Sandra K. Wood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429665141

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Sign Languages by Joseph C. Hill,Diane C. Lillo-Martin,Sandra K. Wood Pdf

Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts provides a succinct summary of major findings in the linguistic study of natural sign languages. Focusing on American Sign Language (ASL), this book: offers a comprehensive introduction to the basic grammatical components of phonology, morphology, and syntax with examples and illustrations; demonstrates how sign languages are acquired by Deaf children with varying degrees of input during early development, including no input where children create a language of their own; discusses the contexts of sign languages, including how different varieties are formed and used, attitudes towards sign languages, and how language planning affects language use; is accompanied by e-resources, which host links to video clips. Offering an engaging and accessible introduction to sign languages, this book is essential reading for students studying this topic for the first time with little or no background in linguistics.

Author : Jonathan Culpeper,Paul Kerswill,Ruth Wodak,Anthony McEnery,Francis Katamba
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781350308084

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English Language by Jonathan Culpeper,Paul Kerswill,Ruth Wodak,Anthony McEnery,Francis Katamba Pdf

The second edition of this hugely successful textbook provides comprehensive coverage of a wide range of topics in theoretical and applied linguistics. Written by leading academics in the field, this text offers a firm grounding in linguistics and includes engaging insights into current research. It covers all the key areas of linguistic analysis, including phonetics, morphology, semantics and pragmatics, and core domains of study, comprising the history of the English language, regional and social variation, style and communication and interaction. Fresh material on research methods outlines key areas for consideration when carrying out a research project, and provides students with the framework they need to investigate linguistic phenomena for themselves. This is an invaluable resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students on English language and linguistics degree programmes. New to this Edition: - Seven new chapters covering topics such as second language acquisition, corpus linguistics and research methods - A number of chapters have been substantially revised, including those on World Englishes, Literacies in Cyberspace and TEFL, TESOL and Linguistics - Fully updated throughout to reflect the latest advances in the field

Author : Rita Finkbeiner,Jörg Meibauer,Petra B. Schumacher
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027255792

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What is a Context? by Rita Finkbeiner,Jörg Meibauer,Petra B. Schumacher Pdf

Context is a core notion of linguistic theory. However, while there are numerous attempts at explaining single aspects of the notion of context, these attempts are rather diverse and do not easily converge to a unified theory of context. The present multi-faceted collection of papers reconsiders the notion of context and its challenges for linguistics from different theoretical and empirical angles. Part I offers insights into a wide range of current approaches to context, including theoretical pragmatics, neurolinguistics, clinical pragmatics, interactional linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Part II presents new empirical findings on the role of context from case studies on idioms, unarticulated constituents, argument linking, and numerically-quantified expressions. Bringing together different theoretical frameworks, the volume provides thought-provoking discussions of how the notion of context can be understood, modeled, and implemented in linguistics. It is essential for researchers interested in theoretical and applied linguistics, the semantics/pragmatics interface, and experimental pragmatics.

Author : Rita Finkbeiner,Jörg Meibauer,Petra B. Schumacher
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027273215

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What is a Context? by Rita Finkbeiner,Jörg Meibauer,Petra B. Schumacher Pdf

Context is a core notion of linguistic theory. However, while there are numerous attempts at explaining single aspects of the notion of context, these attempts are rather diverse and do not easily converge to a unified theory of context. The present multi-faceted collection of papers reconsiders the notion of context and its challenges for linguistics from different theoretical and empirical angles. Part I offers insights into a wide range of current approaches to context, including theoretical pragmatics, neurolinguistics, clinical pragmatics, interactional linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Part II presents new empirical findings on the role of context from case studies on idioms, unarticulated constituents, argument linking, and numerically-quantified expressions. Bringing together different theoretical frameworks, the volume provides thought-provoking discussions of how the notion of context can be understood, modeled, and implemented in linguistics. It is essential for researchers interested in theoretical and applied linguistics, the semantics/pragmatics interface, and experimental pragmatics.

Author : Pier Paolo Giglioli
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015002263914

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Language and Social Context by Pier Paolo Giglioli Pdf

Author : Mohsen Ghadessy
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027299673

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Text and Context in Functional Linguistics by Mohsen Ghadessy Pdf

The shift towards a sociolinguistic approach to the analysis of language in the last few decades has necessitated new definitions for a number of concepts that linguists have taken for granted for a long time. This volume attempts to demystify the important notions of ‘text’ and ‘context’ by providing clear definitions and examples within the assumptions of Systemic Functional (SF) linguistics. After a discussion of the role and significance of context by three eminent SF linguists in section one, the influence of context on text is dealt with in section two ‘From Context to Language’. Section three ‘From Language to Context’ considers textual features and their relationship to contextual factors. All the contributors base their analyses on data collected from a variety of spoken and written registers of contemporary English.

Author : John Flowerdew
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781623563011

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Discourse in Context: Contemporary Applied Linguistics Volume 3 by John Flowerdew Pdf

Featuring internationally renowned academics, this volume provides a snapshot of the field of applied linguistics, and illustrates how linguistics is engaging with the idea of 'context'. The book treats discourse as language in the contexts of its use in and above the level of the sentence and as systems of knowledge and beliefs. In using the term context(s), the book understands this as different situations in which discourse is produced and, on the other, how analysts construe context in their work. The volume is thus concerned with language in its context of use (little d discourse), but at the same time, more specifically, in individual chapters, with particular discourses as they are manifested in particular contexts (big D discourses). Well known discourse analysts contribute chapters focussing on different contexts with which they are familiar, viz. business, education, ethnicity and race, gender and sexuality, history, intercultural contexts, lingua franca contexts, media, place, politics, race, and the virtual world. It brings together researchers from different approaches, but all with a commitment to the study of language in context. The contributors themselves represent different approaches to discourse analysis: conversation analysis, corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, ethnographic discourse analysis, mediated discourse analysis, multimodal discourse analysis, systemic functional linguistics. Readers are invited to compare and contrast these different contexts and approaches.

Author : David Levey
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527546356

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Strategies and Analyses of Language and Communication in Multilingual and International Contexts by David Levey Pdf

Covering a variety of themes and subject areas related to language and communication in international and multilinguistic contexts, this book offers an insight into the latest research in applied linguistics and language acquisition. Aimed at both scholars and language practitioners, it presents empirical findings from researchers from more than 10 countries. Rather than limiting its focus to one language and context as a source of research, the collection reports and applies findings from various languages and communities.

Author : Éva Illés
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000060430

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Understanding Context in Language Use and Teaching by Éva Illés Pdf

This book is a guide to understanding and applying the essential, heretofore elusive, notion of context in language study and pedagogy. Éva Illés offers a new, critical, systematic theoretical framework, then applies that framework to practical interactions and issues in communicative language teaching rooted in English as a Lingua Franca. By linking theory and practice for research and teaching around the world, this book brings a new awareness of how context can be conceptualised and related to language pedagogy to advanced students, teachers, teacher educators and researchers of language teaching, applied linguistics and pragmatics.