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The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Second Language Acquisition

Author : Chuanren Ke

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 662 pages

File Size : 20,66 MB

Release : 2018-03-29

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 1317367901

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Book Description

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Second Language Acquisition is the first reference work of its kind. The handbook contains twenty contributions from leading experts in the field of Chinese SLA, covering a wide range of topics such as social contexts, linguistic perspectives, skill learning, individual differences and learning settings and testing. Each chapter covers historical perspectives, core issues and key findings, research approaches, pedagogical implications, future research direction and additional references. The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Second Language Acquisition is an essential reference for Chinese language teachers and researchers in Chinese applied linguistics and second language acquisition.



Cognitive Linguistics and the Study of Chinese

Author : Dingfang Shu

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company

Page : 332 pages

File Size : 49,95 MB

Release : 2019-11-15

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 902726208X

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Bringing together contributions from a group of prominent researchers, within a cognitive-linguistic framework, this volume sheds light on linguistic structures and usages characteristic of the Chinese language, including noun-verb inclusion, the conceptual spatialization of actions, existential constructions, conceptual structures and coherence, idioms and metaphors, language acquisition of caused motion, etc. The contributions are committed to the principle of “converging evidence” that has been advocated in Cognitive Linguistics since its inception. Some studies in this volume combine introspective methods with theoretical analysis, while others rely on corpus-based, experimental and neuroscientific methods. Featuring diverse topics and multiple methods, this collection will be useful to readers who are interested in the grammatical and conceptual structure of Chinese, as well as in the state-of-the-art of Cognitive Linguistics in China.



Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition of Chinese

Author : Shu-Ling Wu

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 249 pages

File Size : 22,74 MB

Release : 2024-02-08

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 1009186728

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Book Description

An introduction to the key cognitive linguistics concepts that aid analysis of Chinese and inform L2 Chinese teaching and learning.



The Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Wen Xu

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 792 pages

File Size : 49,7 MB

Release : 2021-06-04

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1351034693

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The Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics provides a comprehensive introduction and essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in pragmatics, discourse analysis, biolinguistics, ecolinguistics, evolutionary linguistics, neuroscience, language pedagogy, and translation studies. The forty-three chapters, written by international specialists in the field, cover four major areas: • Basic theories and hypotheses, including cognitive semantics, cognitive grammar, construction grammar, frame semantics, natural semantic metalanguage, and word grammar; • Central topics, including embodiment, image schemas, categorization, metaphor and metonymy, construal, iconicity, motivation, constructionalization, intersubjectivity, grounding, multimodality, cognitive pragmatics, cognitive poetics, humor, and linguistic synaesthesia, among others; • Interfaces between cognitive linguistics and other areas of linguistic study, including cultural linguistics, linguistic typology, figurative language, signed languages, gesture, language acquisition and pedagogy, translation studies, and digital lexicography; • New directions in cognitive linguistics, demonstrating the relevance of the approach to social, diachronic, neuroscientific, biological, ecological, multimodal, and quantitative studies. The Routledge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics is an indispensable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and for all researchers working in this area.



Memory, Psychology and Second Language Learning

Author : Mick Randall

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 238 pages

File Size : 41,99 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9789027219770

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Book Description

This book explores the contributions that cognitive linguistics and psychology, including neuropsychology, have made to the understanding of the way that second languages are processed and learnt. It examines areas of phonology, word recognition and semantics, examining 'bottom-up' decoding processes as compared with 'top-down' processes as they affect memory. It also discusses second language learning from the acquisition/learning and nativist/connectionist perspectives. These ideas are then related to the methods that are used to teach second languages, primarily English, in formal classroom situations. This examination involves both 'mainstream' communicative approaches, and more traditional methods widely used to teach EFL throughout the world. The book is intended to act both as a textbook for students who are studying second language teaching and as an exploration of issues for the interested teacher who would like to further extend their understanding of the cognitive processes underlying their teaching.Mick Randall is currently Senior Lecturer in TESOL and Head of the Institute of Education at the British University in Dubai. He has taught courses in second language learning and teaching, applied linguistics and psychology in a number of different contexts. He has a special interest in the cognitive processing of language and in the psycholinguistics of word recognition, spelling and reading.



Cognitive Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory

Author : Kyoko Masuda

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 30,81 MB

Release : 2015-10-16

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1614514445

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Book Description

By integrating cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories, this groundbreaking book presents empirical studies on selected grammatical and semantic aspects that are challenging for second/foreign language learners. Through in-depth studies exploring eight different languages, this book offers insights generated through the synergy between cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories that can be readily incorporated into teaching.



Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Learning

Author : Andrea Tyler

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 36,66 MB

Release : 2012-04-27

Category : Education

ISBN : 1135965536

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Book Description

This book illustrates the ways that cognitive linguistics, a relatively new paradigm in language studies, can illuminate and facilitate language research and teaching. The first part of the book introduces the basics of cognitive linguistic theory in a way that is geared toward second language teachers and researchers. The second part of the book provides experimental evidence of the usefulness of applying cognitive linguistics to the teaching of English. Included is a thorough review of the existing literature on cognitive linguistic applications to teaching and cognitive linguistic-based experiments. Three chapters report original experiments which focus on teaching modals, prepositions and syntactic constructions, elements of English that learners tend to find challenging. A chapter on “future directions” reports on an innovative analysis of English conditionals. Pedagogical aids such as diagrams and sample exercises round out this pioneering and innovative text.



Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Author : Peter Robinson

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 632 pages

File Size : 35,16 MB

Release : 2008-03-29

Category : Education

ISBN : 1135604185

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Book Description

This cutting-edge volume describes the implications of Cognitive Linguistics for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). The first two sections identify theoretical and empirical strands of Cognitive Linguistics, presenting them as a coherent whole. The third section discusses the relevance of Cognitive Linguistics to SLA and defines a research agenda linking these fields with implications for language instruction. Its comprehensive range and tutorial-style chapters make this handbook a valuable resource for students and researchers alike.



The Use of L1 Cognitive Resources in L2 Reading by Chinese EFL Learners

Author : Shiyu Wu

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 162 pages

File Size : 15,7 MB

Release : 2016-05-20

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1317538714

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Book Description

This book focuses on the effects of L1 cognitive resources on L2 reading e.g. the effects of L1 reading ability, the ability in L1 mental-structure building, L1 cognitive use in L2 reading, and other related cognitive mechanisms and capacities of EFL learners in China. It integrated test-based and product-oriented as well as VPA-based (verbal protocol analysis) and process-oriented experiments to address the problems of reading in a second language. This book provides several theoretical, methodological and pedagogical insights, including the multidimensional nature of L2 reading and Vygotskyan sociocultural theory as a suitable L2 reading framework, combined approaches on L2 studies, and the rewarding active use of L1 cognitive resources in L2 learning.



Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing

Author : Zhisheng Wen

Publisher : Multilingual Matters

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 46,74 MB

Release : 2015

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1783093587

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Book Description

This unique volume offers a comprehensive discussion of essential theoretical and methodological issues concerning the pivotal role of working memory in second language learning and processing. The collection opens with a foreword and introductory theoretical chapters written by leading figures in the field of cognitive psychology. Following these are three research sections containing chapters providing original data and innovative insights into the dynamic and complex relationships between working memory and specific areas of second language processing, instruction, performance and development. Each section concludes with a commentary which is written by a noted SLA researcher and which charts the course for future research. This book provides a fascinating collection of perspectives on the relationship between working memory and second language learning and will appeal to those interested in the integration of cognitive psychology with SLA research.