Multifunctionality in English: Corpora, Language and Academic Literacy Pedagogy

ISBN-13: 9780367725099 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 266 str.

Zihan Yin; Elaine Vine

Opis

This edited volume provides detailed analyses of multifunctional forms in English and hands-on approaches to exemplifying relevant implications and useful applications to language and literacy educators in TESOL, ESL/EFL/EAL, academic literacies and postgraduate coursework and research students in applied linguistics and Education.

Recenzje

"With this volume, Yin and Vine have produced an exciting collection of original corpus-based studies focusing on high-frequency language items (including verbs, personal pronouns, adverbs, conjunctions) that can serve multiple semantic and pragmatic functions depending on the context they are used in, which makes them notoriously difficult for language learners to fully master. The insights that these studies provide have direct pedagogical implications and practical applications in teaching contexts. I highly recommend the volume to applied linguistics and language educators who would like to better understand the complex nature of multifunctional forms or wish to help their students improve their communication and (academic) literacy skills. "---Dr. Ute Römer, Georgia State University

Spis treści

1. Multifunctionality, language and literacy Part I Multifunctionality - Utterances and language play 2. The multifunctionality of utterances in interactive discourse 3. The functions of linguistic creativity in two written academic genres in language studies Part 2 Multifunctionality - Metadiscourse in disciplines and professional discourse 4. Mutifunctionality of stance markers in soft sciences: A cross-disciplinary and cross-paradigmatic study 5. We in hard science articles: Co-selection patterns, semantic references and discourse functions 6. Student engagement through personal pronouns in secondary school and university Part 3 Multifunctionality - Verbs in disciplines and textbooks 7. A comparison of use of modal auxiliaries of obligation and necessity in science writing by ESL and L1 students 8. A corpus and coursebook analysis of the English quasi-modal be able to: What can instructors do? 9. Making tea and mistakes: The functions of make in conversational English and textbook dialogues Part 4 Multifunctionality - Discourse markers in registers 10. Multifunctional well: Findings and implications for EFL 11. A comparative corpus analysis of the frequencies and functions of so between native and non-native speakers of English in Hong Kong 12. "When I come here, I kinda blend in the language, so that's why I use like": Multifunctional word like as a challenge for English learner 13. And? A linking adverbial or a coordinator: Frequency, functions and sound patterns across registers 14. Multifunctionality and pedagogy