Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics

This book analyses the English writing and publishing experiences of 118 scholars from 18 Chinese universities from a social-cognitive perspective.

Explores similarities and differences between spoken and signed languages, challenging notions of what constitutes ''language''.

First published in 1987.

Imagined Communities and Educational Possibilities focuses on three main themes: imaged communities expand the range of possible selves, technological advances in the last two decades have had a significant impact on what is possible to imagine, and imagination at even the most personal level is related to social ideologies and hegemonies.

Understanding the evolution of language within the context of deep human history requires interdisciplinary work between linguists and scientists from a wide range of academic disciplines (e.

This book is the first to summarize the voluminous literature on the development of cognitive, codification, language, and expressive/affective (CCCE) skills from a clinical standpoint.

The rise of global mobility has had a deep impact on the study of urban multilingualism.

This volume is a response both to the increasing interest in multilingual phenomena and lexical issues in language learning.

This edited collection explores the scholarly and pedagogical implementations of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) in world language education.

This book merges theory and practical activities to show how research on speech acts can be implemented in EFL teaching.

Recent studies of vocal development in infants have shed new light on old questions of how the speech capacity is founded and how it may have evolved in the human species.

This volume synthesizes and critically analyzes the literature on response to the writing of second language students, and discusses the implications of the research for teaching practice in the areas of written and oral teacher commentary on student writing, error correction, and facilitation of peer response.

This edited volume documents the state of the art in research into how the age factor interacts with other factors in a variety of educational contexts.

This book examines transnational identities, integration and linguistic practices on Jersey, one of the Channel Islands.

This book addresses one of the most famous and controversial arguments in the study of language and mind, the Poverty of the Stimulus.

This book takes the reader on a journey through the structure of everyday spoken English, providing a fresh look at the relation between language and the mind.

The German comparative philologist Friedrich Max Muller (1823-1900) was one of the most influential scholars in Victorian Britain.

This book analyses changing views on bilingualism in Cognitive Psychology and explores their socio-cultural embeddedness.

This collection turns a critical lens on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) research, making the case for a sociolinguistic-informed approach towards investigating social inequalities and making visible issues, processes and actors overlooked in CLIL research.

This volume presents an overview of changes in paradigms, perspectives and contexts of research into bilingual development over the past two decades.

Designed to acquaint the reader with the field of phonology -- the study of the systems of linguistically significant sounds -- this book begins with a brief introduction to linguistics and a discussion of phonology's place within that field.

This volume brings together ten contributions to the study of untutored (mainly) second but also first language acquisition.

Introducing Multilingualism is a comprehensive and user-friendly introduction to the dynamic field of multilingualism.

This book examines different theoretical perspectives on the role that interaction plays in second language acquisition.

Estimating native-speaker vocabulary size is important for guiding interventions to support native-speaker vocabulary growth and for setting goals for learners of English as a foreign language.

Bilder, die eine Geschichte erzählen, werden in verschiedenen Kontexten als Erzählanlässe genutzt, z.

This book describes dialect differences in American English and their impact on education and everyday life.

Der didaktische Wert von Picturebooks fur den Englischunterricht in der Grundschule gilt als unumstritten.

This practical handbook is designed to help language teachers, teacher trainers, and students learn more about their options for using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and develop an understanding of the theory and research supporting these options.

Using neurolinguistic analysis and innovative research methods, this book explores the fascinating differences between Chinese and English relative clauses, revealing insights into language processing across cultures.

The study of informal involvement with additional languages has recently emerged as a dynamic research field in SLA.

First published in 1987.

Grounded in analysis of Chinese and international educational concepts and classroom techniques currently used to teach Chinese as a Second Language, and a thorough review of recent research in the field, this volume identifies the learning challenges of the language for native English speakers.

This book presents case studies of five schools engaged in radical change in order to engage with children's home languages and cultures in a more multilingual and inclusive way.

Originally published in 1937.

Medium of instruction policies in education have considerable impact not only on the school performance of students and the daily work of teachers, but also on various forms of social and economic (in)equality.

This volume investigates the interconnections between language and literacy in terms of the structures of language as well as the linguistic contexts of literacy.

The new edition of Bilinguality and Literacy argues that bilingual children's literacy learning in English is necessarily an intercultural process.

Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) is an increasingly popular educational approach given its dual focus on enabling learners to acquire subject-matter through an additional language, while learning this second language in tandem with content.