Author: Allan R. JamesPublisher: Gunter Narr Verlag
ISBN: 9783878081265
Category : Applied linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
New Linguistic Impulses in Foreign Language Teaching
Author: Allan R. JamesPublisher: Gunter Narr Verlag
ISBN: 9783878081265
Category : Applied linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Crosscurrents in Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theories
Author: Thom HuebnerPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027224633
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The term crosscurrent is defined as a current flowing counter to another. This volume represents crosscurrents in second language acquisition and linguistic theory in several respects. First, although the main currents running between linguistics and second language acquisition have traditionally flowed from theory to application, equally important contributions can be made in the other direction as well. Second, although there is a strong tendency in the field of linguistics to see theorists working within formal models of syntax, SLA research can contribute to linguistic theory more broadly defined to include various functional as well as formal models of syntax, theories of phonology, variationist theories of sociolinguists, etc. These assumptions formed the basis for a conference held at Stanford University during the Linguistic Institute there in the summer of 1987. The conference was organized to update the relation between second language acquisition and linguistic theory. This book contains a selection of (mostly revised and updated) papers of this conference and two newly written papers.
Cross Currents in Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Theory
Author: Thom HuebnerPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027281807
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The term “crosscurrent” is defined as “a current flowing counter to another.” This volume represents crosscurrents in second language acquisition and linguistic theory in several respects. First, although the main currents running between linguistics and second language acquisition have traditionally flowed from theory to application, equally important contributions can be made in the other direction as well. Second, although there is a strong tendency in the field of linguistics to see “theorists” working within formal models of syntax, SLA research can contribute to linguistic theory more broadly defined to include various functional as well as formal models of syntax, theories of phonology, variationist theories of sociolinguists, etc. These assumptions formed the basis for a conference held at Stanford University during the Linguistic Institute there in the summer of 1987. The conference was organized to update the relation between second language acquisition and linguistic theory. This book contains a selection of (mostly revised and updated) papers of this conference and two newly written papers.
Second Language Grammar
Author: William E. RutherfordPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317869303
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The thrust of the book is not so much upon the formation of grammatical constructs but rather upon the shape of the grammatical system and its relation to semantics, discourse and pragmatics.
Linguistic Choice Across Genres
Author: Antonia Sánchez MacarroPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027236631
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This book, based on revised papers originally delivered at the VII International Systemic Functional Workshop in Valencia in 1995, explores some of the choices open to speakers and writers for the expression of meaning in different socio-cultural contexts. Many of the papers draw their inspiration from models of language developed by Michael Halliday and in particular recent theories of variation in relation to texts and genres explored by Halliday and his followers. There is an emphasis on the interdependence and interaction of linguistic choices across sentence boundaries and speaking turns, and also a consistent focus across many papers on the importance of lexicogrammar in the construction of texts. Several papers examine the differences between native-speaker and non-native-speaker choices in speech and writing. The volume also contributes to our understanding of differences and similarities between spoken and written varieties of English and of the central significance of interpersonal functions in the communication of messages. By drawing on naturally-occurring data collected on a range of genres as diverse as philosophy articles, scientific research papers, emergency telephone calls, and casual conversation, contributors both refine descriptions of the relations between text and context and offer numerous new insights and analyses.
Sound Patterns in Second Language Acquisition
Author: Allan JamesPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110878488
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts.
Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics 2
Author: Mohamed Zakaria KurdiPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1848219210
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a scientific discipline which is found at the intersection of fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, and Cognitive Psychology. This book presents in four chapters the state of the art and fundamental concepts of key NLP areas. Are presented in the first chapter the fundamental concepts in lexical semantics, lexical databases, knowledge representation paradigms, and ontologies. The second chapter is about combinatorial and formal semantics. Discourse and text representation as well as automatic discourse segmentation and interpretation, and anaphora resolution are the subject of the third chapter. Finally, in the fourth chapter, I will cover some aspects of large scale applications of NLP such as software architecture and their relations to cognitive models of NLP as well as the evaluation paradigms of NLP software. Furthermore, I will present in this chapter the main NLP applications such as Machine Translation (MT), Information Retrieval (IR), as well as Big Data and Information Extraction such as event extraction, sentiment analysis and opinion mining.
What is the Matter with Communicative Competence?
Author: Reinhold PeterwagnerPublisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 9783825884871
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This book integrates recent findings of linguistic research into ELT. Its aim is - to introduce (future) teachers to the complex concept of communicative competence - to critically analyse learners' teaching/learning deficiencies in the light of the requirements they are expected to meet at the school-leaving exams or at university-entry - to offer suggestions about how to remedy these shortcomings and also to provide teaching and testing materials.
Segmental Structure and Complex Segments
Author: Jeroen van de WeijerPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110955296
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This volume offers a theory of phonological structure which pays particular attention to the representation of 'complex segments', such as affricates. The first two chapters are concerned with the primitives needed to express place of articulation in phonological segments. In chapters 3 and 4 the relevance of complex segments to phonological theory is discussed from a general perspective. Chapter 3 also provides a general formalisation of complexity in segmental phonology, namely as branching in the segmental structure. Chapter 5 is concerned with the structure of the other phonological dimension that is investigated, namely manner. The second part of the volume deals with specific studies of segmental complexity on the place and the manner dimension, respectively: chapter 6 is concerned with place complexity, and chapters 7-9 with manner complexity. Chapter 7 deals with affricates, chapter 8 with prenasalised stops and chapter 9 with /s/ plus stop clusters. Chapter 10, finally, discusses a category of segments which combine two root nodes under a single timing position, such as consonants with secondary articulation and short diphthongs.
Phonology
Author: Charles W. KreidlerPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415203456
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Phonology: Critical Concepts, the first such anthology to appear in thirty years and the largest ever published, brings together over a hundred previously published book chapters and articles from professional journals. These have been chosen for their importance in the exploration of theoretical questions, with some preference for essays that are not easily accessible.Divided into sections, each part is preceded by a brief introduction which aims to point out the problems addressed by the various articles and show their relations to one another.-