Language Change (Language Workbooks)

Author(s): R. L. Trask Year: 1994 ISBN: 0415085632,9780415085632,9780203977507 Description: In Language Change , R. L. Trask uses data from English and other languages to introduce the concepts central to language change. Language Change: *covers the most frequent types of language change and how languages are born and die...
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New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms (2002)

Author(s): Eli Hinkel & Sandra Fotos (Editors) Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Year: 2002”, ISBN: 0805839550,9780805839555 Description: New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms brings together various approaches to the contextualized teaching of grammar and communicative skills as integrated components of second language instruction. Its purpose...
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From Molecule to Metaphor: A Neural Theory of Language (2006)

Author(s): Jerome A. Feldman Publisher: The MIT Press, Year: 2006 ISBN: 0262062534,9780262062534 Description: In From Molecule to Metaphor, Jerome Feldman proposes a theory of language and thought that treats language not as an abstract symbol system but as a human biological ability that can be studied as a...
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The Origin of Speech (2008)

Author(s): Peter MacNeilage Year: 2008 ISBN: 019923650X,9780199236503,9780191528651 Description: This book explores the origin and evolution of speech. The human speech system is in a league of its own in the animal kingdom and its possession dwarfs most other evolutionary achievements. During every second of speech we unconsciously use...
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Pragmatics across Languages and Cultures (2010)

Author(s): Anna Trosborg Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, Year: 2010 ISBN: 3110214431,9783110214437 Description: This handbook provides a comprehensive overview, as well as breaking new ground, in a versatile and fast growing field. It contains 4 sections: Contrastive, Cross-cultural and Intercultural Pragmatics, Interlanguage Pragmatics, Teaching and Testing of Second/Foreign Language...
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Dynamics of Meaning: Anaphora, Presupposition, and the Theory of Grammar

Author(s): Gennaro Chierchia Year: 1995 ISBN: 0226104354,9780226104355 Description: In The Dynamics of Meaning, Gennaro Chierchia tackles central issues in dynamic semantics and extends the general framework.Chapter 1 introduces the notion of dynamic semantics and discusses in detail the phenomena that have been used to motivate it, such as...
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