The Dynamic Interlanguage

Author : Miriam R. Eisenstein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781489909008

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The Dynamic Interlanguage by Miriam R. Eisenstein Pdf

Recent work in applied linguistics has expanded our understanding of the rule governed nature of language. The concept of an idealized speaker -hearer whose linguistic competence is abstract and separate from reality has been enriched by the notion of an actual interlocutor who possesses communicative compe tence, a knowledge of language which accounts for its use in real-world con texts. Areas of variation previously relegated to idiosyncratic differences in performance have been found to be dynamic yet consistent and lend themselves to study and systematic description. Because language acquisition involves the development of communicative competence, by its very nature it incorporates variation and systematicity. Sec ond-language acquisition is similarly variable, since interlanguage is subject to the same universal and language-specific conventions. In addition, aspects of the second language have been found to be unevenly acquired and are differ entially reflected in particular contexts or settings. Yet, despite our expanding knowledge, this variability is only beginning to be treated in much of the sec ond-language acquisition literature. This volume presents the work of some researchers and methodologists who have taken on the challenge of including variation in their research designs and pedagogical recommendations. Variation is shown to be relevant to lin guistic, social, and psychological aspects of language. It is apparent in the registers and dialects of the target language and in the inter language of learners.

Author : Miriam R. Eisenstein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 148990901X

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The Dynamic Interlanguage by Miriam R. Eisenstein Pdf

Author : Gabriele Kasper
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Interlanguage (Language learning).
ISBN : 9780195066029

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Interlanguage Pragmatics by Gabriele Kasper Pdf

The book is divided into three sections, each prefaced by an introduction by the editors that provides relevant theoretical and methodological background. The first section concerns cognitive approaches to interlanguage pragmatic development. The second addresses interlanguage speech act realization of a variety of speech acts. The final section is devoted to discoursal perspectives on interlanguage.

Author : Richard Young
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002324973

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Variation in Interlanguage Morphology by Richard Young Pdf

This major contribution to second language acquisition theory examines the question of the systematicity of learners' language. Richard Young proposes a new descriptive model for handling what other investigators have claimed to be random variations in performance, and he tests the model on plural inflections in the English interlanguage of Chinese learners. The study investigates how factors such as the social context of speech, the linguistic environment of a variable, and the tendency to omit redundant information affect the developing interlanguage system. The representation of learners' language which emerges from this study is richer, more complex, and more descriptively adequate than has previously been available.

Author : Sheldon Rosenberg
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317769699

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Handbook of Applied Psycholinguistics by Sheldon Rosenberg Pdf

First published in 1982. The chapters of this handbook contain critical integrative reviews of research and theory in the major areas of the field of applied psycholinguistics, the field in which applied problems of language and communicative functioning and development are approached from the standpoint of basic research and theory in psycholinguistics and related areas of cognitive psychology. The book was designed to meet the needs of researchers, practitioners and graduate students from such disciplines as education (including special education), language learning, linguistics, neurology, psychiatry, psychology, and speech and hearing for such reviews, although the state of research in an area and a desire to stress research and theory in substantive areas resulted in a decision not to include chapters on the measurement of linguistic maturity, language intervention, the language of the learning disabled child, language and environmental deprivation, language and mania, language and senile dementia, and the design of written and oral information and computer command language.

Author : Charlene J. Sato
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Conversation
ISBN : 3878082614

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The Syntax of Conversation in Interlanguage Development by Charlene J. Sato Pdf

Author : Hadumod Bussmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134630387

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Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics by Hadumod Bussmann Pdf

The Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics is a unique reference work for students and teachers of linguistics. The highly regarded second edition of the Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft by Hadumod Bussmann has been specifically adapted by a team of over thirty specialist linguists to form the most comprehensive and up-to-date work of its kind in the English language. In over 2,500 entries, the Dictionary provides an exhaustive survey of the key terminology and languages of more than 30 subdisciplines of linguistics. With its term-based approach and emphasis on clear analysis, it complements perfectly Routledge's established range of reference material in the field of linguistics.

Author : Przemysław E. Gębal,Iwona Janowska
Publisher : V&R Unipress
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783847016502

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Theory and Practice of Polish Language Teaching by Przemysław E. Gębal,Iwona Janowska Pdf

The aim of the volume is to focus on research interests that are rarely presented in the literature on the subject and that arise from the currently perceived needs of the developing didactics of Polish as a foreign language. The research results presented in the contributions provide a new look at the process of acquiring and/or teaching/learning Polish from the following aspects: the peculiarities of Ukrainian speakers learning Polish; problems of acquiring Polish by students from Japan, China, France and Lebanon, methods of developing language skills and activities, and specific phenomena in teaching Polish as a business language. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed analyses, as well as experimental corpora, allow the results described to be considered important for the developing discipline.

Author : Christine Dimroth,Marianne Starren
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027296436

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Information Structure and the Dynamics of Language Acquisition by Christine Dimroth,Marianne Starren Pdf

The papers in this volume focus on the impact of information structure on language acquisition, thereby taking different linguistic approaches into account. They start from an empirical point of view, and examine data from natural first and second language acquisition, which cover a wide range of varieties, from early learner language to native speaker production and from gesture to Creole prototypes. The central theme is the interplay between principles of information structure and linguistic structure and its impact on the functioning and development of the learner's system. The papers examine language-internal explanatory factors and in particular the communicative and structural forces that push and shape the acquisition process, and its outcome. On the theoretical level, the approach adopted appeals both to formal and communicative constraints on a learner’s language in use. Two empirical domains provide a 'testing ground' for the respective weight of grammatical versus functional determinants in the acquisition process: (1) the expression of finiteness and scope relations at the utterance level and (2) the expression of anaphoric relations at the discourse level.

Author : ZhaoHong Han,Elaine Tarone
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027270498

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Interlanguage by ZhaoHong Han,Elaine Tarone Pdf

Few works in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) can endure multiple reads, but Selinker's (1972) "Interlanguage" is a clear exception. Written at the inception of the field, this paper delineates a disciplinary scope; asks penetrating questions; advances daring hypotheses; and proposes a first-ever conceptual and empirical framework that continues to stimulate SLA research. Sparked by a heightened interest in this founding text on its 40th anniversary, 10 leaders in their respective fields of SLA research collectively examine extrapolations of the seminal text for the past, the present, and the future of SLA research. This book offers a rare resource for novices and experts alike in and beyond the field of SLA.

Author : Larry Selinker,William E. Rutherford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317898610

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Rediscovering Interlanguage by Larry Selinker,William E. Rutherford Pdf

An account of the development of research and thinking in the field of learner language. Draws on wide-ranging research into contrastive analysis, bilingualism, theoretical linguistics and experimental psychology.

Author : Anna Trosborg
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110214444

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Pragmatics across Languages and Cultures by Anna Trosborg Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview, as well as breaking new ground, in a versatile and fast growing field. It contains four sections: Contrastive, Cross-cultural and Intercultural Pragmatics, Interlanguage Pragmatics, Teaching and Testing of Second/Foreign Language Pragmatics, and Pragmatics in Corporate Culture Communication, covering a wide range of topics, from speech acts and politeness issues to Lingua Franca and Corporate Crises Communication. The approach is theoretical, methodological as well as applied, with a focus on authentic, interactional data. All articles are written by renowned leading specialists, who provide in-depth, up-to-date overviews, and view new directions and visions for future research.

Author : George Yule
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135450731

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Referential Communication Tasks by George Yule Pdf

Referential communication is the term given to communicative acts, generally spoken, in which some kind of information is exchanged between one speaker and another. This information exchange is typically dependent on successful acts of reference, whereby entities (human and non-human) are identified (by naming or describing), are located or moved relative to other entities (by giving instructions or directions), or are followed through sequences of locations and events (by recounting an incident or a narrative). These "activities" are examples of events that are more typically described as "tasks" in the area of second language studies. These might be real world tasks encountered in everyday experience or pedagogical tasks specifically designed for second language classroom use. This volume comprehensively documents and describes the veritable explosion of task-based research in language acquisition. In a succinct, yet easily accessible fashion, it presents the origins, principles, and key distinctions of referential communication research in first and second language studies, complete with exhaustive analyses and illustrations of different types of materials. The author also describes and evaluates different choices for using or modifying these materials, provides analytic frameworks for focusing on various aspects of the data elicited by these tasks, and includes an extensive bibliography plus an appendix showing original task materials.

Author : Jette G. Hansen Edwards,Mary L. Zampini
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027291394

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Phonology and Second Language Acquisition by Jette G. Hansen Edwards,Mary L. Zampini Pdf

This volume is a collection of 13 chapters, each devoted to a particular issue that is crucial to our understanding of the way learners acquire, learn, and use an L2 sound system. In addition, it spans both theory and application in L2 phonology. The book is divided into three parts, with each section unified by broad thematic content: Part I, “Theoretical Issues and Frameworks in L2 Phonology,” lays the groundwork for examining L2 phonological acquisition. Part II, “Second Language Speech Perception and Production,” examines these two aspects of L2 speech in more detail. Finally, Part III, “Technology, Training, and Curriculum,” bridges the gap between theory and practice. Each chapter examines theoretical frameworks, major research findings (both classic and recent), methodological issues and choices for conducting research in a particular area of L2 phonology, and major implications of the research findings for more general models of language acquisition and/or pedagogy.

Author : ZhaoHong Han
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788920421

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Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition by ZhaoHong Han Pdf

This book is a systematic attempt to address the issue of fossilization in relation to a fundamental question in second language acquisition research, which is: why are learners, adults in particular, unable to develop the level of competence they have aspired to in spite of continuous and sustained exposure to the target language, adequate motivation to learn, and sufficient opportunity to practice?