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Equinox Publishing Ltd Describing Language: Form and Function
Book SynopsisHow does one's grammar depend on one's conception of language? In systemic functional linguistics, language is viewed as a meaning potential, thus embracing the view, now supported by contemporary theories of the evolution of human consciousness, that language has evolved in the living of life in society. Using the theoretical framework of systemic functional linguistics, the chapters of this book explore the nature of language, the relations of meaning and society, of form and meaning, and of grammar and lexis. Halliday has referred to the level of lexicogrammar as the powerhouse of language: this is where the resource for creating linguistic meaning resides. But language as resource cannot be adequately described as a set of syntagmatic structures; instead, the primary focus must be on the paradigmatic axis, which after all furnishes the principle for the actualisation of syntagms. Accordingly, aspects of Urdu and English semantics, grammar and lexis are presented here in terms of systemic options, realised as structures.Table of ContentsEditor's Preface by Jonathan J. Webster Foreword by Carmel Cloran I: ON LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS 1 What kind of resource is language? [1984] 2 Directions from structuralism [1987] 3 Linguistic sign and the science of linguistics [2014] 4 A view of pragmatics in a social semiotic perspective [2012] 5 Choice, system and realization: describing language as meaning potential [2013] II: LEXICOGRAMMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS 6 The grammarian's dream: lexis as most delicate grammar [1987] 7 Lending and borrowing: from grammar to lexis [1985] III: ON THE RELATIONS OF FORM AND MEANING 8 Syntax and semantics [1971] 9 The meaning of `not' is not in `not' [2011] IV: BRIEF EXCURSIONS INTO URDU GRAMMAR 10 Some clause types in Urdu 11 The verb `Be' in Urdu [1970]
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Applied Linguistics at the Interface
Book SynopsisThe theme of this volume, a selection of papers from the 2003 conference of the British Association of Applied Linguistics, celebrates the productive interface between Applied Linguistics research and other disciplinary ways of knowing, forms of professional practice and issues of public concern. In the last two decades, the scope of applied linguistic research has broadened considerably to encompass a wider range of topics, issues and settings, drawing on rich and diverse methodologies. Topics covered in this collection illustrate this diversity, including conversational analytic perspectives on computer mediated communication, academic literacies, the sociolinguistics of English in Africa, L1/L2 writing, classroom discourse analysis, the psycholinguistics of second and foreign language acquisition, phonological awareness in second language learning. The contributions, all based on empirical research, address issues of language learning and use in a range of languages: Chinese, English, Italian, German, Greek, Japanese, Spanish.Table of Contents1. Applied linguistics at the interface - Mike Baynham, Alice Deignan and Goodith White, University of Leeds; 2. The agonism and the ecstacy : conflict and argument in applied linguistics - Richard Badger, University of Leeds; 3. The effects of structured input activities and explicit information on the acquisition of gender agreement in Italian and the simple past in Spanish - Alessandro Benati and Paula Romero-Lopez, University of Greenwich; 4. Chinese-speaking childrens' awareness of English phonological units - Fu-hsing Su and Huang Li-szu, National Chiayi University and Fooyin University, Taiwan; 5. Subverting conversational repair in a hostile email discussion - Sandra Harrison, Coventry University; 6. Citation analysis : a multidisciplinary perspective on academic literacy - Nigel Harwood, University of Essex; 7. The L2 learner corpus : reviewing its potential for the early stages of learning - Anne Ife, Anglia Polytechnic University; 8. Composing competence : how L1 and L2 writing experience interact - Hiroe Kobayashi and Carol Rinnert, Hiroshima University and Hiroshima City University; 9. Frame shifting and identity construction during whole class instruction - Vally Lytra, Kings College London; 10. English in Africa and the emergence of Afro-Saxons : globalisation or marginalisation? Casmir Rubagumya, University of Dar es Salaam; 11. Creativity, conformity and complexity in academic writing - Mary Scott and Joan Turner, Institute of Education and Goldsmith's College; 12. A Cantonese Syllabary for English soccer -Geoff Smith, University of Hong Kong; 13. Motivation in foreign language learning - Marion Williams, University of Exeter
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Choice in Language: Applications in Text Analysis
Book SynopsisThe notion of Choice provides a constant underlying theme to work in Systemic Functional Linguistics, whether this is concerned with in-depth description of the system of lexicogrammatical options available within specific languages or with the analysis of the semiotic and/or social implications of the choices taken within specific texts. Yet to date little has been published exploring the applicability of choice across various contexts. This book addresses this gap in the literature by presenting a selection of writings from internationally renowned authors that develop the analytical perspective of choice across wide-ranging contexts and in some cases in languages other than English. The book demonstrates the value of Systemic Functional Linguistics as an "applicable" linguistics, which is a core tool in broader fields such as pedagogy, literary studies and critical discourse analysis.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Gerard O'Grady, Tom Bartlett and Lise Fontaine Part A: Interpersonal Choice and the Construction of Author Identity Chapter 2 Contextual Constraints, Linguistic Choice and Social Change: Evidence from Sex-worker Discourse in a South African City Ralph Adendorff, Rhodes University, South Africa, and Kiran Pienaar Chapter 3 'Voice in a 'Partly Free' Press: Appraisal Choices in Italian Journalistic Discourse Elizabeth Swain, Trieste University Chapter 4 The Use of Appraisal Resources in the Construction of Second-language Teacher-researcher Identity Gillian Moss, Norma Bartletta, Universidad del Norte, Columbia, and Jorge Mizuno, Universidad del Norte, Columbia Part B: Choice in Political Speech: Tension between the Need to Inform and Project Solidarity Chapter 5 The Choice of Grammatical Metaphor in French Political Tracts David Banks, Universite de Bretagne Occidentale Chapter 6: Choices in Tony's Talk: Phonological Paragraphing; Information Unit Nexuses and the Presentation of Tone Units Gerard O'Grady Part C: The Effects of Choice in Text-type Chapter 7: Choice and Domain: A Corpus-based Study with Special Reference to the BNC Baby Inas Mahfouz, Ain Shams University, Egypt Chapter 8: Investigating Thematic Choices in Two Newspaper Genres: An SFL-based Analysis Julia Lavid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Chapter 9: Systemic Choice above the Clause: Research Article Abstracts as a Case Study Akila Sellami-Baklouti, University of Sfax, Tunisia Chapter 10: Contentful and Contentlight Subject Themes in Informal Spoken English and Formal Written English Margaret Berry Chapter 11: Differential Realisation of Ellipsis in Texts Varied for Contextual Mode: Some Support for the 'Mode of Discourse - Textual Metafunction' Hook-up Ben Clarke, Cardiff University Part D: The Interplay of Choice across Different Modalities Chapter 12: Textual and Compositional Choices in the Tale of Gorilla by Anthony Browne A. Jesus Moya Guijarro, Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha Chapter 13: A Multimodal Perspective on the Front Cover Choices of Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar Ann Montemayor-Borsinger, Instituto Balseiro/Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Eija Ventola, Aalto University, Celia Magalhaes
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Communication and Professional Relationships in Healthcare Practice
Book SynopsisCommunication and Professional Relationships in Healthcare Practice focuses on the crucial role that spoken interactions play in shaping relationships in contemporary healthcare practice. The authors apply theoretical concepts of communication to the workplace of healthcare, drawing upon scenarios based in the settings of clinical experience. The book presents a wide range of interactions (including consultations, team meetings, dialogues and casual conversations) between health professionals, their colleagues and their clients or patients in a variety of settings. Drawing on the latest research in applied linguistics and professional communication, the authors introduce readers to a number of approaches that can be used to analyse these interactions. Using these techniques, readers will discover exactly how central themes of healthcare practice (including trust, empathy, expertise and breaking bad news) are constructed through the communicative choices that participants make in these interactions. Designed specifically for medical, nursing and allied health practitioners with an interest in communication, the book makes the techniques of discourse analysis accessible and provides ample opportunities for individual practitioners to apply this knowledge to their own professional contexts.Trade Review'Refreshingly, the book addresses communication not only in interactions between health professionals and patients, but amongst team members and between health professionals in an array of communicatively challenging real world contexts. It brings home to the reader the complexity of communication in health care, and it offers practitioners many tools for reflecting on their own and others' communicative practices, and for enhancing their professional interactions.' Dr Catherine O'Grady, Educator and Applied Linguist -Health CommunicationTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Transcription conventions Glossary 1. Introduction: A Framework for the Study of Interactions in Healthcare Settings 2. Managing the Interaction 3. Common Purposes or Cross Purposes 4. Respecting Feelings and Perspectives 5. Polite, Persuasive or Pushy? 6. Projecting an Identity to Others 7. High Stakes Interactions 8. Challenging Situations, Challenging Discourses 9. The Expert Practitioner: Professional Expertise and Communicative Expertise 10. Communication in Healthcare Teams 11. Healthcare Teams: Leadership, Power and Ethical Dilemmas 12. Ways Forward: Applying Theory to your Practice
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Gallaudet University Press,U.S. Indian Sign Language – An Analysis of Its Grammar
Book SynopsisSamar Sinha presents pioneering research into the grammatical properties of Indian Sign Language (ISL), a language used by members of the Deaf community in India. This detailed and well-illustrated study describes the grammar of ISL and is supplemented by comparative and theoretical analyses in the core areas of sublexical structure, morphology, and syntax. Sinha offers a field-based, comprehensive analysis that covers topics such as sign formation parameters, syllable structure, sonority hierarchy, semantics of space, pluralization strategies, phi-features, indexing and localization, agreement, and word order. He provides a description of the Indian Deaf community that serves to frame his analysis of ISL and highlights the need for greater awareness and acknowledgment of the language and its users. The lack of research on ISL in Indian academia has slowed efforts toward the standardization of ISL and the development of pedagogical materials. This work adds to the growing understanding of natural human language in general and ISL in particular. It also contributes to the empowerment of the Deaf community in India and will strengthen the efforts carried out by d/Deaf activists and researchers.
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Gallaudet University Press,U.S. Legal Interpreting – Teaching, Research, and
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Columbia University Press The Transpacific Flow
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Far-Right Discourse of Multiculturalism in
Book SynopsisThis book employs discursive psychology to examine how far-right discourse on issues related to multiculturalism is received, interpreted, adapted and contested in political rhetoric and informal talk. It brings together the latest research from sociology and media studies concerning the circulation of far-right messages in the era of digitalization and the ‘hybrid media system’, and critical discursive psychology research into political and lay discourse pertaining to multiculturalism. Drawing on empirical material from the Nordic context allows for an analysis of political discourse within societies in which a strong tradition of social democratic welfare states now exists alongside the rise of populist and far-right parties. Operating in countries with comparatively high national internet and social media penetration, this book explores the extent to which the success of these parties is linked to their skilful use of social media, in order to mobilise popular support for their political agendas. The collection’s multilevel perspective aims to further the understanding of how the anti-immigration and anti-multiculturalist ideologies propagated by these parties contributes to the mainstreaming of their rhetoric among the political ‘elite’, as well as to the societal normalization of nationalist and xenophobic discourse. In doing so it will provide fresh insights for students and scholars of sociology, social psychology, discourse analysis, media and communication, and political science.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: The far-right discourse on multiculturalism in intergroup interactions.- Chapter 2: Mobilising gender equality and protectionism in Finnish parliamentary sessions and online discussions around immigration: An intersectional and critical discursive psychological analysis.- Chapter 3: Underdogs Shepherding the Flock – Discursive outgrouping of the internal enemy in action.- Chapter 4: A critical discursive psychological study of Dialogical Constructions of Hate-speech in Established Media and Online Discussions.- Chapter 5: Trying to Ignore the Bullies and the Buzz: a critical discursive study of How Pro-Migration Activists Cope With and Contest Right-Wing Nationalist Interference.- Chapter 6: Making enemies: Reactive dynamics of discursive polarization.- Chapter 7: From angry monologues to engaged dialogue? On self-reflexivity, critical discursive psychology and studying polarised conflict.- Chapter 8: Affective visual rhetoric and discursive practices of the far-right across social media.- Chapter 9: “A counterforce against hate”: A discursive analysis of affective practices in mobilization against the radical right in a context of white innocence.- Chapter 10: Concluding remarks: The future of multiculturalism?.- Index.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Concepts, Discourses, and Translations
Book SynopsisThis present book discusses issues related to languages, cultures, and discourses by addressing a variety of topics ranging from culture and translation, cognitive and linguistic dimensions of discourse, and the role of language in political discourses and bilingualism. By focusing on multiple interconnected research subjects, the book allows us to see the intersections of language, culture, and discourse in their full diversity and to illuminate their less frequented nooks and crannies in a timely fashion. Table of Contents1.Translating Languages and Cultures: The Cases of Frances Burney and George Eliot.- 2. Comparing and Contrasting Adaptations of Classic Texts for Young Readers: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818).- 3. Translating Taboos: An Analysis of the Arabic Translation of Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.- 4. Translation as censorship. Analysing the Role of Censorship and Manipulation in the Audiovisual Translation of Gender and Sexuality-Related Texts.- 5. From Translationese to Emergent Irony: A Usage-based Approach to Chinese Béi Construction.- 6. Relevance and Cognition: Translating Nominal Metaphors in Xi Jinping: The Governance of China II.- 7. The Metaphorical Representation of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Albanian Public Discourse.- 8. Metaphor, Metonymy, and Metaphtonymy in Comments of Polish Politicians about LGBTQI+.- 9. ANGER IS A POTENT ALLY. The Interplay of Metaphor, Metonymy and Image Schema.- 10. Cognitive Iconicity and Conceptual Metonymy in the Creation of Concrete Nominal Signs in Peruvian Sign Language: Towards a Metonymic Typology.- 11. Cultural Conceptualisations of TREE: A Cross-cultural Analysis of Hungarian and Russian Folksongs.- 12. Why Distancing is no Longer Social. Blending Analysis of the Semantic Shift in the compound’s Meaning Construal. 13. Placing Words: Culture, Cognition, and Context in Lexicographic Practice.- 14. #Stopcallingmemurzyn. Semantic Relations Between Empathy and Political Correctness as Reflected in the Reactions of Polish Internet Users.- 15. The Coronavirus Pandemic and Internet Memes - Impact on Spoken and Written Language.- 16. The Applications of Utility Etymologies on the Example of the Popular-scientific Discourse on Insects and Spiders in the Korean Language. 17. Irony and Sarcasm as a Tool of Contemporary Humour.- 18. Non-verbal Sign Framing in Intercultural Communication: Signs from Hadhrami-Polish Contexts.- 19. On the Hakka Zero-initial Variations.- 20. Contrasting Language Ideologies: Language-Related Policy Proposals in the Democratic and Republican Party Platforms in a Historical Perspective.- 21. “GET SMART U.S.”. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Donald Trump’s Populist Discourse on Twitter.- 22. Lexical Repetitions in the Modern American Political Discourse.- 23. How Foreign Policy Interests Trump Domestic Issue Differences. The Application of Petrocik’s Issue Ownership Theory to the 2020 Trump and Duda Elections.- 24. Polish Far-Right Discourse. The Case of Grzegorz Braun.- 25.Language as the Source of Problems in Bilingual Couples.- 26. Code Switching in Tabletop Wargaming.
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Springer International Publishing AG Narrative as Dialectic Abduction
Book SynopsisThis book presents a fresh approach to the communicability of narratives, revealing the cognitive underpinnings of Charles Sanders Peirce’s pragmatistic model. It demonstrates how abductive processes modify habits of belief and action in what Peirce refers to as double consciousness. Abductions generated during double consciousness paradigms have increased efficacy compared to instinctual abductions. Novel inferences from working memory become consciously integrated with existing long-term memory units which permits fuller consideration of the plausibility of propositions. Special attention is given to children’s prelinguistic means to represent propositional or assertory conflicts, and to resolve these conflicts via listening and re-telling narrators’ accounts. Overall, this book serves both a theoretical and applied purpose. It is intended to support innovative therapeutic interventions to facilitate the (re)construction of narratives by adults and children. Its practical applications and theoretical grounding will appeal to graduate students and scholars alike, who wish to examine narrative as an interdisciplinary enterprise—an ontological and cultural phenomenon (narration by way of action/image sequences), not just a literary/linguistic paradigm. Ultimately, this account presents narrative as a modal forum to resolve logical and practical conflicts, compelling the interpreter to become an involved partner in the narrated event itself. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Promoting Dialectic Processes Through Dialogic Inquiry.- Chapter 2: Semiotic Foundations of Narrative.- Chapter 3: Prelinguistic Considerations.- Chapter 4: Processing Precursors in Narrative Genres: The Case of Abductive Instinct.
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Springer International Publishing AG Linguistic Stratigraphy: Recovering Traces of
Book SynopsisThis book examines the historical linguistic panorama of Western South America, focusing on the minor languages that were partially or fully replaced by the expansion of the Quechuan family through the region.The author presents a coherent and generally applicable framework for studying prehistoric language shift processes and reconstructing earlier linguistic landscapes before significant language spreads ousted former patterns of linguistic diversity. This framework combines toponymic evidence with the analysis of substrate contact effects, and, in some cases, extralinguistic evidence, to create an integrated if incomplete of extinct and undocumented languages. In an authoritative exploration of case studies, concerning Aymara in parts of Southern Peru, Cañar in Ecuador, and Chacha in Northern Peru, the book shows how the identities of lost languages and earlier linguistic panoramas can be reconstructed.Table of Contents1. Linguistic stratigraphy, or how to recover traces of lost languages2. The Central Andean linguistic landscape through time and the Quechuan language family2.1. The ever-changing cultural and linguistic landscapes of the Central Andes2.2. Quechua today2.3. The classification of Quechua2.4. The Quechua expansion2.5. The non-Quechua linguistic diversity3. Evidence and methods for investigating substratal languages3.1. Introduction3.2. Toponyms and anthroponyms3.3 Substrate influence3.4 Substrate vocabulary3.5. Extralinguistic evidence3.6. Summary4. The Aymara presence in Southern Peru4.1. Introduction4.2. Toponymy4.3. Substrate effects4.4. Substrate vocabulary4.5. Perspectives from outside linguistics4.6. Summary5. The Barbacoan languages and the southern Ecuadorian highlands5.1. Introduction5.2. Toponymy5.2.1. Characteristic toponymy of Cañar and Azuay5.2.2. Continuous northward extensions of Cañar and Azuay toponymic endings5.2.3. Noncontinuous northward extensions of Cañar and Azuay toponymic endings to the Ecuadorian-Colombian border5.2.4. Northward extensions of phonological characteristics of Cañar and Azuay toponyms5.3. Substrate effects5.4. Substrate vocabulary5.5. Summary6. Chachapoyas6.1. Introduction6.2. Toponymy6.3. Substrate effects6.4. Substrate vocabulary6.5. Perspectives from outside linguistics6.6. Summary7. Synopsis and conclusionReferences
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Springer Nature Switzerland AiAssisted Writing and Presenting in English
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Palgrave Macmillan Linguistic Tools for Written Communication
Book SynopsisChapter 1 Introduction.- Part I Functional Perspective at Micro Level.- Chapter 2 Deviation:Parameter Setting.- Chapter 3 Deviation: Communicative Dynamism.- Part II Functional Perspective at Macro Level.- Chapter 4 Thematization:Point of view analysis.- Chapter 5 Thematization:The Staging Process.- Chapter 6 Conclusion.
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Palgrave Macmillan Theories of Morphological Case and TopicFocus
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Current Issues in the Theories of Morphological Case / Yoshiki Ogawa.- Part I: Quirky Case-marking on Subject and Topic/Focus: Its Synchronic Variation and Diachronic Change.- Chapter 2: Variation in the Grammaticization of Subject and Topic across Bantu Languages / Yukiko Morimoto & Nobuko Yoneda.- Chapter 3: The Development of Participial Constructions in the History of English: With Special Reference to Case Assignment and Clause Structure / Satoshi Nakagawa & Tomoyuki Tanaka.- Chapter 4: Discourse Configurationality and the Licensing of Quirky Subjects in the History of English / Hiroyuki Nawata.- Chapter 5: TopP-FinP-TP Interactions and Restrictions on (Multiple) Quirky Case Licensing / Yoshiki Ogawa & Hiroyuki Nawata.- Part II: Morphological Case-marking Alternations on Subject and Object: Their Geographical or Intergenerational Variations and Diachronic Change.- Chapter 6: The Genitive-dative Alternation with Transitive Nominal Predicates in Japanese / Hideki Kishimoto.- Chapter 7: A Quantitative Study of Japanese Case Markers as Language Variation / Satoshi Nambu.- Chapter 8: Diachronic Shrinking of Genitive Subject Clause in Standard Japanese: Evidence from Intergenerational Comparison of Sentence Acceptability / Yoshiki Ogawa, Keiyu Niikuni & Yuichi Wada.- Chapter 9: Nominative/Genitive Conversion in Hichiku Japanese as Focal/Presentational Distinction in the Complementizer Domain / Kazushige Moriyama, Yuichi Wada, Keiyu Niikuni & Yoshiki Ogawa.- Part III: Case-Markers and Adpositions on Objects: Their Acquisition, Interspeaker Variations and Diachronic Change.- Chapter 10: Case-markers and Postpositions in Early Child Japanese / Koji Sugisaki.- Chapter 11: Input Indeterminacy and the PP vs. KP Ambiguity Hypothesis: A View from Interspeaker Variation in Transitive Subject Control Promise / Yosuke Sato.- Chapter 12: After the Demise of Dative Case in the History of English / Tomohiro Yanagi.- Part IV: Morphological Case-marking and LinguisticTypology.- Chapter 13: On Dative Case and Split Ergativity in Japanese / Hiroshi Aoyagi.- Chapter 14: Marked Nominativity in Ryukyuan Languages / Michinori Shimoji & Aoi Matsuoka.- Chapter 15: Case Marking and the Order of Object, Oblique and Verb / Hisao Tokizaki & Yasutomo Kuwana.
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Springer Handbook on Endangered South Asian and Southeast
Book SynopsisNoun Morphology in Hajong.- The Constraints of Linguistic Fieldwork and Documentation Concerning the Languages of Nagaland.- Exploring the Reasons for Language Shift in Larkana's Baloch Community in the Sindh Province of Pakistan.- The Punchi Language: A Typological Sketch.- Language Shift: Intergenerational language choice in family discourse among the Plain Tiwas of Assam.
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Palgrave Macmillan Social Learning in Study Abroad
Book SynopsisChapter 1.- Introduction: International Students' Target Language (TL)-mediated Socializing Landscape.- PART I.- BUILDING BRIDGES: SOCIAL NETWORKING DYNAMICS AMONG INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS DURING SA.- Chapter 2.- The Changing Social Landscape of SA.- Chapter 3.- Patterns of Connection: Unveiling Students' Socializing Styles.- Chapter 4.- Creating Comfortable TL-Mediated Affinity Spaces in Diverse Social Contexts.- PART II.- FROM CHALLENGES TO TRIUMPHS: CO-CONSTRUCTING TL-MEDIATED SOCIAL SPACES.- Chapter 5.- Understanding the Challenges: Preventing Factors of TL-Mediated Socializing.- Chapter 6.- Cultivating Connections: Facilitators for Enhancing TL-Mediated Socializing.- PART III.- UNFOLDING TL-MEDIATED AFFINITY SPACES: EXPLORING LANGUAGE, IDENTITY, AND CONNECTION THROUGH STUDENT NARRATIVES.- Chapter 7.- Yuri's SA Narrative in the U.K.- Chapter 8. Taku's SA Narrative in the U.S.- Chapter 9.- Chisato's SA Narrative in the U.S.- Chapter 10.- Discussions and Reflections: Synthesizing Insights.- Chapter 11.- Concluding Thoughts: Recap and Future Avenues.
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Springer Lexicon Exploration in English and Spanish Learners
Book SynopsisPart I. Key Concepts, Methods and Tools in the Study of Learners’ Mental Lexicon in Additional Languages.- Chapter 1. Semantic Fluency in Additional Languages.- Chapter 2. Tools and resources for lexical availability research.- Part II. Exploring the Mental Lexicon of Learners of English as a Foreign Language.- Chapter 3. Comparing L2 and L3 EFL Learners’ Lexical-Semantic Fluency in Taxonomic, Emotional and Experiential Categories.- Chapter 4. Mental Representation of Culture in the Available Lexicon of English learners.- Chapter 5. Comparing Children’s and Adolescents’ Prototypical Word Associations in English as a Foreign Language.- Chapter 6. Creative L2 Learners’ Use of Clustering and Switching in L2 Fluency Performance.- Part III. Exploring the mental lexicon of learners of Spanish as a second/foreign language.- Chapter 7. Exploring the Structure of Semantic Networks in Spanish as a Foreign Language.- Chapter 8. Semantic search strategies in native and foreign language retrieval: A study of Greek learners of Spanish.- Chapter 9. Word Associations and Semantic Relations in the Available Lexicon of Polish Students Learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language.- Chapter 10. Word Associations and Semantic Relationships in the Lexical Availability of learners of Spanish as a Foreign Language.
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De Gruyter Kleiner Deutscher Familiennamenatlas: Entstehung,
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De Gruyter Theorien Und Methoden Der Romanischen
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De Gruyter Textum Genuinum Usque Ad Vespasiani Imperium
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de Gruyter Mat - Mindern
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de Gruyter Deubede - Torte
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De Gruyter Innovative Investigations of Language in Autism
Book SynopsisIn recent decades, a growing number of children have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a condition characterized by, among other features, social interaction deficits and language impairment. Yet the precise nature of the disorder’s impact on language development is not well understood, in part because of the language variability among children across the autism spectrum. The contributors to this volume — experts in fields ranging from communication disorders to developmental and clinical psychology to linguistics — use innovative techniques to address two broad questions: Is the variability of language development and use in children with ASD a function of the language, such that some linguistic domains are more vulnerable to ASD than others? Or is the variability a function of the individual, such that some characteristics predispose those with ASD to have varying levels of difficulty with language development and use? Contributors investigate these questions across linguistic levels, from lexical semantics and single-clause syntax, to computationally complex phonology and the syntax-pragmatics interface. Authors address both spoken and written domains within the wider context of language acquisition. This timely and broadly accessible volume will be of interest to a broad range of specialists, including linguists, psychologists, sociologists, behavioral neurologists, and cognitive neuroscientists.Trade ReviewA useful primer for clinicians — beginning and seasoned, as well as educators. It fully addresses a highly disputed topic in contemporary psychology. * New England Psychologist *Table of Contents Contributors ForewordHelen Tager-Flusberg Acknowledgments Introduction: Perspectives on Language in ASDLetitia R. Naigles Chapter 1: Eye-Tracking as a Window on Language Processing in ASDCourtenay Frazier Norbury Chapter 2: Sentence Processing in Young Children With ASDEdith L. Bavin and Emma K. Baker Chapter 3: Looking Through Their Eyes: Tracking Early Language Comprehension in ASDLetitia R. Naigles and Deborah Fein Chapter 4: Learning Words in a Social World: Impairments Associated With ASD and Fragile X SyndromeAndrea McDuffie, Angela John Thurman, Marie Moore Channell, and Leonard Abbeduto Chapter 5: Parental Input to Children With ASD and Its Influence on Later LanguageAparna Nadig and Janet Bang Chapter 6: The Effect of Computational Complexity on the Acquisition of French by Children With ASDLaurice Tuller, Sandrine Ferré, Philippe Prévost, Marie-Anne Barthez, Joëlle Malvy, and Frédérique Bonnet-Brilhault Chapter 7: Advanced Syntax and Primary Pragmatics in Children With ASDVikki Janke and Alexandra Perovic Chapter 8: Connections Among Complementation Sentences, Executive Functioning, and Theory of Mind in AutismStephanie Durrleman-Tame, Morgane Burnel, and Anne Reboul Chapter 9: Language Acquisition in ASD: Beyond Standardized Language MeasuresInge-Marie Eigsti and Jillian M. Schuh Chapter 10: Recall, Structure, and Complexity in Story Retellings by Children With ASDLesley Stirling, Graham Barrington, Susan Douglas, and Kerrie Delves Chapter 11: Language Representation and Language Use in Children With Optimal Outcomes From ASDJoyce Suh, Inge-Marie Eigsti, Allison Canfield, Christina Irvine, Elizabeth Kelley, Letitia R. Naigles, and Deborah Fein Index About the Editor
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American Psychological Association Research Methods in Language Acquisition:
Book SynopsisSynthesizing decades of collective experience into a set of practical guidelines for students and budding researchers, the authors of this book introduce a systematic approach to generating, processing, and interpreting reliable and valid speech data. They review a variety of observational and experimental tasks that allow researchers to collect natural speech, elicit specific types of speech, and assess language comprehension. Guidelines for generating data sets by transcribing and coding raw speech data are also reviewed, as are special considerations for working with infants and multilingual children.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionI. Fundamentals of Language Acquisition Research The Challenge of Studying Language Preparing to Work With Children, Schools, and Families Creating the Data I: Working in Teams, Basic Data Collection, Data Sharing, and Data Management II. Experimental and Observational Methods in Language Acquisition Research Studying Language Acquisition Through Collecting Speech Introduction to Experimental Methods: Design and Analysis Experimental Tasks for Generating Language Production Data Experimental Tasks for Generating Language Comprehension Data The Grammaticality Judgment Task III. Managing and Interpreting Speech Data Creating the Data II: Begin Data Processing Creating the Data III: Preparing for Data Analysis Interpreting the Data: Scientific Inference IV. Special Considerations in Language Acquisition Research Assessing Multilingual Acquisition Introduction to Infant Testing Methods in Language Acquisition Research Conclusions and Proceeding to the Future Appendix A. Transcription SymbolsAppendix B. The International Phonetic AlphabetAppendix C. Outline for Preparation of Schematic Research ProposalSuggested ReadingsReferencesIndexAbout the Authors
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De Gruyter Textkommunikation
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De Gruyter Handbuch Sprache und Wissen
Book SynopsisDer Eröffnungsband der Reihe Handbücher Sprachwissen (HSW) zeigt unter dem Titel Sprache und Wissen die Relevanz der Sprache als Zeichensystem für die Konstitution von Wissen und ihre Anwendung in vielfältigen gesellschaftlichen Wissensdomänen und Handlungsfeldern. Analog zur Gesamtkonzeption der Reihe umfasst das Handbuch einen sprachsystematischen Teil, in dem Einzelphänomene in den Blick genommen werden: Laut, Gebärde, Buchstabe; Wort und Wortschatz; Satz, Äußerung, Schema; Text und Gespräch; Diskurs. Auch historische und multimodale Zusammenhänge werden berücksichtigt, zugleich das sprachkritische Urteil der Öffentlichkeit. Daneben zielt eine anwendungsbezogene Zugangsweise auf Sprache im konkreten Gebrauch in zentralen gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhängen: Medizin; Recht; Wirtschaft; Organisationen; Naturwissenschaft, Technik und Mathematik; Kunst; Literatur; Religionen; Politik und Gesellschaft; urbaner Raum sowie Bildung. Dabei ist der Zugriff am sprachlichen Phänomen, nicht an disziplinären Zugängen orientiert. Nicht zuletzt dadurch bietet das Handbuch Studierenden, Dozenten und Forschern der Sprachwissenschaften, aber auch sprachlich Interessierten anderer Disziplinen grundlegendes Orientierungswissen.
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De Gruyter Schemata im Erstspracherwerb
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De Gruyter Dictionary of Italian-Turkish Language (1641) by
Book SynopsisGiovanni Molino’s Dittionario Della Lingua Italiana, Turchesca (1641), is the first extensive Turkish dictionary of its kind, with nearly 8000 lexical head entries excerpted, not from the Ottoman literature, but the everyday Turkish language, the vernacular for at least a part of the population of 17th century Constantinople.Molino, born Armenus Turcicus Yovhannēs of Ankara, was exposed to the Turkish language from childhood, unlike other authors of the known ‘texts in transcription”. In Armenian cultural history, he is remembered as a man of letters, a publisher and the translator of religious texts, whose services to the history of the Turkish language and the corresponding contribution to Ottoman Turkish culture were to this date unknown.The editor has reversed and reorganised the material of the lexicon from Italian-Turkish to Turkish-Italian. The lexical entries of Molino’s dictionary are presented according to morphological and phonological principles, with their orthographic variants side by side, revealing information on the morpho-phonological patterns of Ottoman-Turkish at that time. The language Molino recorded sounds almost like contemporary Turkish and can be considered a bridge to the modern Turkish language.
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De Gruyter Manual of Applied Romance Linguistics
Book SynopsisThis handbook provides a systematic overview firstly of the basic concepts and secondly of current research topics and trends in Applied Romance Linguistics from a theoretical, methodological, and practical perspective. It takes account of both traditional and innovative research approaches. Following a general introduction to the field and its major topics, methods, and objectives, the presentation is divided into four thematic sections (methods and methodology; language, society, and knowledge; language acquisition and language teaching; specialized communication and transfer). The volume is geared towards students, teachers, and researchers working in the fields of linguistics and communication studies, but also addresses itself to the general public. It aims to provide useful information for anyone dealing with problems of language and communication in their private or professional lives, and illustrates career options for graduates of Romance linguistics.
£196.18
De Gruyter Eugenio Coseriu: Beyond Structuralism
Book SynopsisEugenio Coseriu counts among the most important linguistic scholars of the second half of the 20th century. He is known mainly as a structuralist and a Romance linguist, but his work is in fact far more expansive in scope, including a comprehensive linguistic theory as well as writings on a wide range of issues, from semantics, syntax, typology, variational linguistics, language change, pragmatics and text linguistics to Vulgar Latin, the history of the philosophy of language and the history of Romance linguistics. Coseriu’s thought is founded on solid philosophical principles, and his life brought him into contact with a number of different academic traditions and cultures. However, for a variety of reasons (among which, the languages in which he tended to publish: Spanish, Italian, French and German), knowledge of his thought is rather marginal in the Anglo-American world. This book aims to go some way to addressing this situation by offering an overview in English of Coseriu’s main contributions to linguistics, and indeed to other disciplines. It is of general interest for the study of linguistics, the history of linguistics, and the philosophy of language, as well as for a broader reading public.
£86.45
De Gruyter Performative Linguistic Space: Ethnographies of
Book SynopsisThis volume explores "performative linguistic space", namely a space which ushers or hinders linguistic practices. Space is made productive as a result of individuals who bring linguistic politics from diverse spaces into new ones. By moving away from the notions of discrete units of language and linguistic communities associated with a specific space, this volume suggests a fluid productive aspect of space. It goes beyond the assumed space-linguistic community association through ethnographic accounts that mediate linguistic anthropology, cultural geography, sociolinguistics, and deaf studies.
£103.50
De Gruyter Manual of Romance Forensic Linguistics
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De Gruyter Heliand und Genesis
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De Gruyter Textum Genuinum Inde a Vespasiani Imperio
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De Gruyter Language Borders and Bordering Practices
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De Gruyter Trattati greci sui tropi
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De Gruyter Korpora in der germanistischen Sprachwissenschaft
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De Gruyter Convergence and Divergence in the Eastern
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De Gruyter Heliand und Genesis
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De Gruyter Dynamics at the LexiconSyntax Interface
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de Gruyter Sprachlich Konstruierter Extremismus
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De Gruyter Bavarian Syntax The Left Clausal Periphery
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de Gruyter Didaktische Perspektiven der Phraseologie in der
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De Gruyter The Textual Tradition of Pollux Onomasticon
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De Gruyter Current Perspectives in Spanish Lexical
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De Gruyter Linguistics Out of the Closet
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De Gruyter The Grammar of Thinking
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De Gruyter A Grammar of Nama
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