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Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Teaching Vocabulary and Phraseology (Hardcover)
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Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Teaching Vocabulary and Phraseology (Hardcover)
Series: Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL]
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Mastering the vocabulary of a foreign language is one of the most
daunting tasks that language learners face. The immensity of the
task is underscored by the realisation that it is not only single
words but also numerous standardised phrases (idioms, collocations,
etc.) that need to be acquired. There is thus a clear need for
instructional methods that help learners tackle this task, and yet
few proposals for vocabulary instruction have so far gone beyond
techniques for rote-learning and familiar means of promoting of
noticing. The reason for this is that vocabulary and phraseology
have long been assumed arbitrary. The volume offers a long-overdue
alternative by exploring and exploiting the presence of linguistic
'motivation' - or, systematic non-arbitrariness - in the lexicon.
The first half of the volume reports ample empirical evidence of
the pedagogical effectiveness of presenting vocabulary to learners
as non-arbitrary. The data reported indicate that the proposed
instructional methods can benefit when both the nature of the
target lexis and the basic cognitive orientations of particular
learners are taken into account. The first half of the book mostly
targets lexis that has already attracted a fair amount of attention
from Cognitive Linguists in the past (e.g. phrasal verbs and
figurative idioms). The second half broadens the scope considerably
by revealing the non-arbitrariness of diverse other lexical
patterns, including collocations and word partnerships generally.
This is achieved by recognising some long-neglected dimensions of
linguistic motivation - etymological and phonological motivation,
in particular. Concrete suggestions are made for putting the
non-arbitrary nature of words and phrases to good use in instructed
language learning. The volume is therefore of interest not only to
applied linguists and researchers in Second Language
Acquisition/Foreign Language Teaching, but also to second and
foreign language teaching professionals.
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