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Politeness in Chinese Face-to-Face Interaction (Paperback): Yuling Pan Politeness in Chinese Face-to-Face Interaction (Paperback)
Yuling Pan
R1,360 Discovery Miles 13 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book attempts to bring in the perspective of situational variation in analyzing linguistic politeness, and looks at politeness in the larger framework of social context. It outlines the way into the problem of politeness in Chinese culture and the steps taken in the application of politeness strategies in verbal interaction.

New Foundations for a Science of Text and Discourse - Cognition, Communication, and the Freedom of Access to Knowledge and... New Foundations for a Science of Text and Discourse - Cognition, Communication, and the Freedom of Access to Knowledge and Society (Paperback)
Robert De Beaugrande
R1,995 Discovery Miles 19 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"A magnum opus in the now vast domain of discourse studies, whose history, methods, and subdomains mobody knows as well as Robert de Beugrande. No other book in the humanities and social sciences today integrates such encylopedic knowledge into a thoroughly transdisciplinary, international, intercultural, and critical program. For all advanced students of discourse, this book should be their major mentor, guide, and compendium of research." -Teun A. van Dijk, University of Amsterdam and Editor of the journals Text and Discourse and Society "Professor de Beugrande has been one of the most influential scholars in text linguistics since he helped to found it as a discipline. He commands a large panorama of knowledge and brings this learning to bear on a variety of topics, giving fresh insights and new dimensions. In his latest book, he ranges over linguistic, educational, and cultural disciplines in order to synthesize an important framework within which text and discourse can be understood in new ways." -John Sinclair, Birmingham University and Editor-in-Chief of Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary

Trends in Cognitive Linguistics - Theoretical and Applied Models (Paperback, New edition): Javier Valenzuela, Ana Rojo,... Trends in Cognitive Linguistics - Theoretical and Applied Models (Paperback, New edition)
Javier Valenzuela, Ana Rojo, Cristina Soriano
R2,784 Discovery Miles 27 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book aims to give a general overview of the current theoretical and applied models which are being developed in the field of Cognitive Linguistics. With this purpose in mind, a number of papers have been selected from some of the most representative areas in the cognitive linguistics arena: mental imagery, metaphor and metonymy, cognitive grammar and construction grammar, the pragmatic and discourse background of language use and linguistic relativism. Some of the contributions presented herein propose new ways to refine existing theoretical frameworks: others apply some of those existing theoretical proposals to specific areas; and a final group aims to provide empirical grounding to some of the theoretical assumptions found in Cognitive Linguistics.

Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition - Methods, Theory, and Practice (Paperback): Cristina Sanz Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition - Methods, Theory, and Practice (Paperback)
Cristina Sanz; Contributions by Rusan Chen, Rebecca Adams, Akiko Fujii, Alison Mackey, …
R1,616 Discovery Miles 16 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How do people learn nonnative languages? And is there one part or function of our brains solely dedicated to language processing, or do we apply our general information-processing abilities when learning a new language? In this book, an interdisciplinary collaboration of scholars and researchers presents an overview of the latter approach to adult second language acquisition and brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of the latest research on this subject. Clearly organized into four distinct but integrated parts, "Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition" first provides an introduction to information-processing approaches and the tools for students to understand the data. The next sections explain factors that affect language learning, both internal (attention and awareness, individual differences, and the neural bases of language acquisition) and external (input, interaction, and pedagogical interventions). It concludes by looking at two pedagogical applications: processing instruction and content based instruction. This important and timely volume is a must-read for students of language learning, second language acquisition, and linguists who want to better understand the information-processing approaches to learning a non-primary language. This book will also be of immense interest to language scholars, program directors, teachers, and administrators in both second language acquisition and cognitive psychology.

Connectionist Psycholinguistics (Paperback): Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater Connectionist Psycholinguistics (Paperback)
Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater
R1,706 Discovery Miles 17 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Setting forth the state of the art, leading researchers present a survey on the fast-developing field of Connectionist Psycholinguistics: using connectionist or neural networks, which are inspired by brain architecture, to model empirical data on human language processing. Connectionist psycholinguistics has already had a substantial impact on the study of a wide range of aspects of language processing, ranging from inflectional morphology, to word recognition, to parsing and language production.

Christiansen and Chater begin with an extended tutorial overview of Connectionist Psycholinguistics which is followed by the latest research by leading figures in each area of research. The book also focuses on the implications and prospects for connectionist models of language, not just for psycholinguistics, but also for computational and linguistic perspectives on natural language. The interdisciplinary approach will be relevant for, and accessible to psychologists, cognitive scientists, linguists, philosophers, and researchers in artificial intelligence.

Progression and Regression in Language - Sociocultural, Neuropsychological and Linguistic Perspectives (Hardcover): Hyltenstam... Progression and Regression in Language - Sociocultural, Neuropsychological and Linguistic Perspectives (Hardcover)
Hyltenstam Kenneth Hyltenstam, Viberg Ake Viberg
R1,774 Discovery Miles 17 740 Out of stock

This crosslinguistic collection looks at changes and developments in language known as progression and regression. The processes are examined and compared at the societal and individual level. In the former, the focus is on the socio-cultural forces that influence groups of speakers to create new languages or abandon old ones. In the latter, the acquisition and attrition of first and second languages are considered. The theoretical issues around this topic are addressed from sociological, neuropsychological and linguistic perspectives.

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