101 Problems and Solutions in Historical Linguistics
Author: Robert Blust
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2018-02-16
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 147442922X
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Issues in Applied Linguistics
Author: Michael McCarthy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-02
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 0521584876
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a wide-ranging treatment of the major issues in applied linguistics.
Vulnerabilities, Challenges and Risks in Applied Linguistics
Author: Clare Cunningham
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 1788928253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe chapters in this book call attention to vulnerabilities, challenges and risks for applied linguistics researchers and the communities they work with across a broad range of contexts from the Global North and South, and in both signed and spoken languages. Together they provide insights on both academic and professional practice across several areas: the vulnerabilities involved in researching, the limitations of traditional epistemologies, the challenges inherent in the repertoire of methodologies and pedagogies employed by applied linguists, and the effectiveness of practical responses to language-related problems. The book encourages those involved in applied linguistics to consider their own practice and their relationship with the communities, policies and educational contexts they engage with in the course of their teaching, research and activism.
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
Author: Noam Chomsky
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2011-05-02
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 3110867567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this paper,(1) I will restrict the term ""linguistic theory"" to systems of hypotheses concerning the general features of human language put forth in an attempt to account for a certain range of linguistic phenomena. I will not be concerned with systems of terminology or methods of investigation (analytic procedures). The central fact to which any significant linguistic theory must address itself is this: a mature speaker can produce a new sentence of his language on the appropriate occasion, and other speakers can understand it immediately, though it is equally new to them. Most of our li.
Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, Volume 1
Author: Susan D. Fischer
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1990-11-19
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780226251509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnly recently has linguistic research recognized sign languages as legitimate human languages with properties analogous to those cataloged for French or Navajo, for example. There are many different sign languages, which can be analyzed on a variety of levels—phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics—in the same way as spoken languages. Yet the recognition that not all of the principles established for spoken languages hold for sign languages has made sign languages a crucial testing ground for linguistic theory. Edited by Susan Fischer and Patricia Siple, this collection is divided into four sections, reflecting the traditional core areas of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Although most of the contributions consider American Sign Language (ASL), five treat sign languages unrelated to ASL, offering valuable perspectives on sign universals. Since some of these languages or systems are only recently established, they provide a window onto the evolution and growth of sign languages.
Issues in Cognitive Linguistics
Author: Leon G. De Stadler
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 636
ISBN-13: 9783110152197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCognitive linguistics subsumes diverse theoretical approaches sharing a compatible outlook: namely that language reflects the interaction of social, cultural, psychological, communicative, and functional considerations that can be understood only in the context of cognitive development and processing. The editors have organized 27 papers presented at the Third International Linguistics Conference held in the summer of 1993 in Louvain, Belgium, into six somewhat overlapping groupings off theoretical issues concerning the bridges between generative and cognitive linguistics; lexical semantics and morphology (e.g. Langacker semantics for select Coeur d'Alene prefixes); metaphor (one title is "Why metaphor matters: or linguistics meets the geopolitics of law"); syntax and semantics (focusing on Samoan, Spanish, and Swedish); pragmatics (nominal vs. temporal interpretation); and Holmqvist on computational linguistics.
Current Issues in Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Teacher Development
Author: Thomai Alexiou
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2016-01-14
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1443887366
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCurrent Issues in Second/Foreign Language Teaching and Teacher Development: Research and Practice represents a collection of selected papers from the 17th World Congress of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA), which was held in August 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. The volume comprises 18 chapters presenting current research projects and discussing issues related to second language acquisition, teaching and teacher education in a variety of contexts from around the world. This collection of research papers will be of use to both new and seasoned researchers in the field of applied linguistics. Teacher educators, language teachers and language policy makers will find this volume equally useful as the papers address current issues in language education.
Historical Linguistics
Author: Charles Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-02-04
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 1317899008
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe contributors to this volume cover the international range of scholarship in the field of Historical Linguistics, as well as some of its major themes. The work and ideas they discuss are relevant not only to other aspects of Historical Linguistics but also to more general developments in linguistic theory. Along with Professor Jones' Introduction, their comments provide a major overview of Historical Linguistics that will be the reference point for its development for many years to come and form an important contribution to general theories of linguistic behaviour.
Problems in Syntax
Author: Liliane Tasmowski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 146132727X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCurrent Issues in Bilingualism
Author: Mark Leikin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-11-22
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 940072327X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs populations become more mobile, so interest grows in bi- and multilingualism, particularly in the context of education. This volume focuses on the singular situation in Israel, whose complex multiculturalism has Hebrew and Arabic as official languages, English as an academic and political language, and tongues such as Russian and Amharic spoken by immigrants. Presenting research on bi- and trilingualism in Israel from a multitude of perspectives, the book focuses on four aspects of multilingualism and literacy in Israel: Arabic-Hebrew bilingual education and Arabic literacy development; second-language Hebrew literacy among immigrant children; literacy in English as a second/third language; and adult bilingualism. Chapters dissect findings on immigrant youth education, language impairment in bilinguals, and neurocognitive features of bilingual language processing. Reflecting current trends, this volume integrates linguistics, sociology, education, cognitive science, and neuroscience.
