In contrast to traditional approaches of mainstream psycholinguists, the authors of Communicating with One Another approach spontaneous spoken discourse as a dynamic process, rich with structures, pa
Martin and Rose (both linguistics, U. of Sydney) introduce the genre theory underpinning the literacy programs of what has come to be known as the Sydney School. They worked on the initiative to addre
Originally presented at a 2003 conference held at Georgetown U., the 18 papers in this collection offer research from various cognitive and discourse perspectives that emphasize the shared notions tha
This volume contains contributions from leaders in the field of child language in honor of one of the preeminent scholars in the field of child language acquisition, Melissa Bowerman. Melissa Bowerman
This volume in honor of Susan M. Gass focuses on interaction in second language acquisition from multiple perspectives. International experts in the field of SLA contribute insights and explanations o
Using Priming Methods in Second Language Research is an accessible introduction to the use of auditory, semantic, and syntactic priming methods for second language (L2) processing and acquisition rese
Some researchers into the acquisition of a second language believe that learners will be able to construct a linguistic system with almost any input from the language. These linguists from Germanic sp
This volume bridges the gap between theory and practice by bringing together well-known and new authors to discuss a topic of mutual interest to second language researchers and teachers alike: input.
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Are natural languages genuinely compositional? What roles does context play in linguistic communication, and by what means? In particular, does context interfere with the compositional determination
Gerken (cognitive science, U. of Arizona) eschews traditional approaches to the study of language by concentrating on a cognitive science perspective that offers several contrasting theories that are
Japanese cognitive linguistic scholar Shindo has focused her research on semantic extensions of perceptual and sensory expressions, and hypothesizes that the fields of perception and sensation should
Wang (Pace U., New York) and her husband raised two boys to be fluent in her Chinese, his French, and English, and uses the example to demonstrate to other parents and teachers the advantages, methods
This book is for parents who live in a foreign country and intend to raise their children in their own heritage language(s). It offers helpful suggestions for this challenging situation and provides u
Former colleagues and students of Florence Davies, as well as other linguists, mark her 70th birthday with a dozen long-stem essays on one of her favorite themes: the textual resources that are used t
The contributions to this volume address central topics in theoretical and computational linguistics, such as quantification, types of context dependence and aspects concerning the formalisation of ma
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digit
