Linguistics And Language

Author : Anne McCabe
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 1781794332

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An Introduction to Linguistics and Language Studies by Anne McCabe Pdf

This introductory textbook provides readers with a foundation in methods for analysing and understanding language from various theoretical perspectives within linguistics and language studies. Its novel approach introduces systemic functional linguistics, text and discourse analysis, and formal approaches to linguistics. It demonstrates applications of these approaches to reveal how we use language in society, how our brains process language, and how we learn language. Topics include phonetics, phonology, conversation analysis, morphology, semantics, functional and formal syntax, text linguistics, genre analysis, evaluative lexis in text, multimodal representations of meaning, language change and variation, animals and language, the brain and language, and first and second language development/acquisition. The main language focused on is English, while other languages are also drawn on to illustrate the principles, models and theories. Learning outcomes, exercises (with answer key), ideas for project work, and questions for reflection are provided throughout. A final chapter gathers explanations of various fields of practice within linguistics, written by linguists from around the world, including David Crystal (Clinical Linguistics), Frances Christie (Educational Linguistics), and Malcolm Coulthard (Forensic Linguistics). An Introduction to Linguistics and Language Studies offers an array of analytical tools for undergraduate students of language, communication, and education, and provides an overview of the field for those interested in further study in linguistics and applied language studies. Readers will come away with a heightened sensitivity to and appreciation of their own and other's use of language for creating meaning and for interaction.

Author : Ralph Fasold,Jeffrey Connor-Linton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521847681

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An Introduction to Language and Linguistics by Ralph Fasold,Jeffrey Connor-Linton Pdf

This accessible textbook offers balanced and uniformly excellent coverage of modern linguistics.

Author : Marcello Giovanelli,Dan Clayton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317517122

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Knowing About Language by Marcello Giovanelli,Dan Clayton Pdf

Knowing About Language is an essential and comprehensive introduction to and discussion of the value of linguistics in the secondary and post 16 curriculum. Split into three easily accessible parts, each chapter draws on theoretical and practical reasons for developing language awareness for the teacher and student, the impact of government and institutional policy on teaching and teacher knowledge, and explores recent research about the value of linguistic knowledge to support student attainment. Expert contributors show how recent innovations in linguistics can support language teaching by providing a range of practical ideas that can be used in the classroom. Knowing About Language is a valuable theoretical, critical and practical guide for the teacher and researcher, and anyone interested in applied linguistics and the study of language in education.Written by authors who are passionate about the value of language study both as a classroom topic and more generally, this book acts as a resource to inform and support teachers in wider aspects of their role by demonstrating the powerfully enabling nature and inherent value of language study and linguistics in secondary and post-16 curricula.

Author : Steve Kaufmann
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11
Category : Linguistics
ISBN : 9781420873290

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The Way of the Linguist by Steve Kaufmann Pdf

The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a cliché that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like never before. The Internet brings different languages and cultures to our finger-tips. English, the hybrid language of an island at the western extremity of Europe seems to have an unrivalled position as an international medium of communication. But historically periods of cultural and economic domination have never lasted forever. Do we not lose something by relying on the wide spread use of English rather than discovering other languages and cultures? As citizens of this shrunken world, would we not be better off if we were able to speak a few languages other than our own? The answer is obviously yes. Certainly Steve Kaufmann thinks so, and in his busy life as a diplomat and businessman he managed to learn to speak nine languages fluently and observe first hand some of the dominant cultures of Europe and Asia. Why do not more people do the same? In his book The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey, Steve offers some answers. Steve feels anyone can learn a language if they want to. He points out some of the obstacles that hold people back. Drawing on his adventures in Europe and Asia, as a student and businessman, he describes the rewards that come from knowing languages. He relates his evolution as a language learner, abroad and back in his native Canada and explains the kind of attitude that will enable others to achieve second language fluency. Many people have taken on the challenge of language learning but have been frustrated by their lack of success. This book offers detailed advice on the kind of study practices that will achieve language breakthroughs. Steve has developed a language learning system available online at: www.thelinguist.com.

Author : Kasia Papaja,Katarzyna Papaja
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443858519

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Language in Focus by Kasia Papaja,Katarzyna Papaja Pdf

Applied Linguistics is a field of academic enquiry that deals with the theoretical and empirical investigation of real issues which focus on language. These issues include aspects of linguistics, first or second language acquisition, literacy, language disorders, foreign language learning and teaching, bilingual education, linguistic discrimination, and language policy, among others. New approaches, new theoretical concepts and new methods are a prerequisite for dealing with particular educational issues, and, as such, this book focuses on the challenges and opportunities that emerge from this. It brings together selected presentations given at the LIF2014 conference, which took place in Antalya, Turkey. The main focus of this event was to reflect the internationality of the English language by drawing academicians, researchers, teachers and educational authorities from all over the world and providing them with the opportunity to exchange an interdisciplinary dialogue on the theoretical as well as purely practical implications of Applied Linguistics and ELT.

Author : Carol Genetti
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 677 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521767446

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How Languages Work by Carol Genetti Pdf

This new introduction to linguistics presents language in all its amazing complexity, while guiding students gently through the basics. Students emerge with an appreciation of the diversity of the world's languages as well as a deeper understanding of the structure of language, and its broader social and cultural context.

Author : John Lyons
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1981-05-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521297753

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Language and Linguistics by John Lyons Pdf

A 1981 introduction to linguistics and the study of language, for beginning students and readers with no previous knowledge or training in the subject.

Author : Jürgen Handke, Peter Franke
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Internet in education
ISBN : 9783830966890

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The Virtual Linguistics Campus by Jürgen Handke, Peter Franke Pdf

Author : Sunny Park-Johnson,Sarah J. Shin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134814893

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Linguistics for Language Teachers by Sunny Park-Johnson,Sarah J. Shin Pdf

This book is an accessible introduction to linguistics specifically tailored for teachers of second language/bilingual education. It guides teachers stepwise through the components of language, focusing on the areas of linguistics that are most pertinent for teaching. Throughout the book there are opportunities to analyze linguistic data and discuss language-related issues in various educational and social contexts. Readers will be able to identify patterns in actual language use to inform their teaching and help learners advance to the next level. A highly readable account of how language works, this book is an ideal text for teacher education courses.

Author : Arnetha Ball,Sinfree Makoni,Geneva Smitherman,Arthur K. Spears,Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134507269

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Black Linguistics by Arnetha Ball,Sinfree Makoni,Geneva Smitherman,Arthur K. Spears,Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o Pdf

This groundbreaking collection re-orders the elitist and colonial elements of language studies by drawing together the multiple perspectives of Black language researchers.

Author : Andy Curtis
Publisher : IAP
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781648027321

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The New Peace Linguistics and the Role of Language in Conflict by Andy Curtis Pdf

The idea of Peace Linguistics (PL) has been around for decades. However, the practice of PL has only occurred much more recently, only within the last few years, since the first creditbearing, university-level PL course was taught at Brigham Young University-Hawaii in 2017. Since then, the field of NPL has grown beyond its original goals, of using peaceful language and language that avoids or de-escalates conflict. The New Peace Linguistics (NPL) focuses on in-depth, systematic analyses of the spoken and written language of some of the most powerful people in the world, such as presidents of the USA, as it is they who have the power to start wars or to bring peace. As the first book to be published on PL and on NPL, this work represents a ground-breaking study of the power of language to hurt and harm or to help and give hope. The first four chapters of the book, which provide the foundation on which the rest of the book is built, introduce the concept of Peace Linguistics and the New Peace Linguistics, starting with the origins of PL and coming to the present day. The remaining Part Two and Part Three chapters present in-depth, systematic NPL analyses of George W. Bush, Colin L. Powell, Barack H. Obama, Donald J. Trump and Joseph R. Biden. The concluding chapter reiterates the most important distinguishing and recurring features of NPL, and looks at where the field may be headed in the future.

Author : Jeffrey Punske,Nathan Sanders,Amy V. Fountain
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780192565433

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Language Invention in Linguistics Pedagogy by Jeffrey Punske,Nathan Sanders,Amy V. Fountain Pdf

This book is the first to explore the varied ways in which invented languages can be used to teach languages and linguistics in university courses. There has long been interest in invented languages, also known as constructed languages or conlangs, both in the political arena (as with Esperanto) and in the world of literature and science fiction and fantasy media - Tolkien's Quenya and Sindarin, Dothraki in Game of Thrones, and Klingon in the Star Trek franchise, among many others. Linguists have recently served as language creators or consultants for film and television, with notable examples including Jessica Coons work on the film Arrival Christine Schreyers Kryptonian for Man of Steel, David Adgers contributions to the series Beowulf, and David J. Peterson's numerous languages for Game of Thrones and other franchises. The chapters in this volume show how the use of invented languages as a teaching tool can reach a student population who might not otherwise be interested in studying linguistics, as well as helping those students to develop the fundamental core skills of linguistic analysis. Invented languages encourage problem-based and active learning; they shed light on the nature of linguistic diversity and implicational universals; and they provide insights into the complex interplay of linguistic patterns and social, environmental, and historical processes. The volume brings together renowned scholars and junior researchers who have used language invention and constructed languages to achieve a range of pedagogical objectives. It will be of interest to graduate students and teachers of linguistics and those in related areas such as anthropology and psychology.

Author : Ezequiel A. Di Paolo,Elena Clare Cuffari,Hanne De Jaegher
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262547864

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Linguistic Bodies by Ezequiel A. Di Paolo,Elena Clare Cuffari,Hanne De Jaegher Pdf

A novel theoretical framework for an embodied, non-representational approach to language that extends and deepens enactive theory, bridging the gap between sensorimotor skills and language. Linguistic Bodies offers a fully embodied and fully social treatment of human language without positing mental representations. The authors present the first coherent, overarching theory that connects dynamical explanations of action and perception with language. Arguing from the assumption of a deep continuity between life and mind, they show that this continuity extends to language. Expanding and deepening enactive theory, they offer a constitutive account of language and the co-emergent phenomena of personhood, reflexivity, social normativity, and ideality. Language, they argue, is not something we add to a range of existing cognitive capacities but a new way of being embodied. Each of us is a linguistic body in a community of other linguistic bodies. The book describes three distinct yet entangled kinds of human embodiment, organic, sensorimotor, and intersubjective; it traces the emergence of linguistic sensitivities and introduces the novel concept of linguistic bodies; and it explores the implications of living as linguistic bodies in perpetual becoming, applying the concept of linguistic bodies to questions of language acquisition, parenting, autism, grammar, symbol, narrative, and gesture, and to such ethical concerns as microaggression, institutional speech, and pedagogy.

Author : Luca Alfieri,Giorgio Francesco Arcodia,Paolo Ramat
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027259943

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Linguistic Categories, Language Description and Linguistic Typology by Luca Alfieri,Giorgio Francesco Arcodia,Paolo Ramat Pdf

Few issues in the history of the language sciences have been an object of as much discussion and controversy as linguistic categories. The eleven articles included in this volume tackle the issue of categories from a wide range of perspectives and with different foci, in the context of the current debate on the nature and methodology of the research on comparative concepts – particularly, the relation between the categories needed to describe languages and those needed to compare languages. While the first six papers deal with general theoretical questions, the following five confront specific issues in the domain of language analysis arising from the application of categories. The volume will appeal to a very broad readership: advanced students and scholars in any field of linguistics, but also specialists in the philosophy of language, and scholars interested in the cognitive aspects of language from different subfields (neurolinguistics, cognitive sciences, psycholinguistics, anthropology).

Author : Daniela Isac,Charles Reiss
Publisher : OXFORD
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Cognitive science
ISBN : 0199534209

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I-language by Daniela Isac,Charles Reiss Pdf

This title introduces the major branches of theoretical linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics - in the context of cognitive science, with reference to fields such as vision, auditory perception and philosophy of mind.