Although usage-based approaches have been successfully applied to the study of both first and second language acquisition, to monolingual and bilingual development, and to naturalistic and instructed
Language acquisition research is challenging—the intricate behavioral and cognitive foundations of speech are difficult to measure objectively. The audible components of speech, however, are quantifia
This book examines the special nature of English both as a global and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of var
Most extraterritorial varieties of English stem historically from dialects in southern England--always the most densely populated part of the country--but those dialects are the least studied from
Linguists consider the the coexistence of English with 16 other languages of Europe and the impact of this coexistence on the people who use language, paying rather less attention to the structure
In his last essay just weeks before his death at the age of 91, David S. Nivison says, "Breaking into a formal system - such as a chronology - must be like breaking into a code. If you are successful,
Speakers adjust their use of language either on their own to fit the context or by subtle or overt cues from others in the conversation, says Hynninen, and she explores the phenomenon in people spe
