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New Trends and Methodologies in Applied English Language Research: Diachronic, Diatopic and Contrastive Studies
ISBN: 9783034300469 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book has been shortlisted for an ESSE book award 2012 in English Language and Linguistics, Junior Scholars.
This volume approaches the analysis of variation in English from diachronic, diatopic, and contrastive/comparative perspectives. The individual case studies, all closely interrelated, are organized into three parts or sections. Part I (Diachronic Studies) applies a variationist methodology to the analysis of developments in the use of the courtesy marker please, adverbs in -ly, the s- genitive and a number of phrasal combinations with the verb... This book has been shortlisted for an ESSE book award 2012 in English Language and Linguistics, Junior Scholars.
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Achievements and Perspectives in Sla of Speech: New Sounds 2010: Volume II
ISBN: 9783631607237 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This publication constitutes a selection of papers presented at the 6th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, New Sounds 2010, held in Poznan, Poland. It consists of two volumes, presenting state-of-the-art achievements and perspectives for future research related to the acquisition of second language phonetics and phonology. The key issues include the development of explanatory frameworks of phonological SLA, the expanded scope of domains under investigation, modern methods applied in phonological research, and a new take on the causal variables related to...
This publication constitutes a selection of papers presented at the 6th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech, New Soun...
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Social and Intercultural Benefits of Bilingual Education: A Peace-Linguistic Evaluation of «Staatliche Europa-Schule Berlin (Sesb)»
ISBN: 9783631604274 / Angielski / Twarda / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is two-way immersion education associated with social and intercultural benefits? This book examines social and intercultural benefits of bilingual or two-way immersion (TWI) schooling in Staatliche Europa-Schule Berlin (SESB). The author uses quantitative methods to compare SESB with mainstream education and identifies a series of statistically significant differences between the two. These findings contribute to the well-structured argument that SESB programmes can play a role in promoting social integration and group cohesiveness within schools and potentially in the...
Is two-way immersion education associated with social and intercultural benefits? This book examines social and intercultural benefits of bilingual or...
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550,10 |
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Crossing Boundaries: Studies in English Language, Literature, and Culture in a Global Environment
ISBN: 9783631600320 / Angielski / Twarda / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The articles in this volume were originally presented in spring 2009 at an international conference hosted by the Institute of Germanic and Romance Languages and Cultures at Tallinn University in Estonia. The theme of -crossing boundaries- is reflected in the rich mix of genres, cultures, applications, and critical theories considered here. Indeed, these articles demonstrate that crossing boundaries can be a companionable journey as well an intellectually enriching experience."
The articles in this volume were originally presented in spring 2009 at an international conference hosted by the Institute of Germanic and Romance La...
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Intercultural Spaces: Language, Culture, Identity
ISBN: 9780820495460 / Angielski / Twarda / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This selection of peer-reviewed essays is taken from the Royal Irish Academy Symposium Intercultural Spaces: Language, Culture, Identity, hosted by Dublin City University in November 2003. It brings together a fascinating range of scholarly interpretations of the intercultural space with rich contributions coming from the fields of sociology, politics, language teaching and learning, translation, drama, literature, and history. Individually each essay draws the reader into its own particular intercultural space shaped by the norms and parameters of the discipline within which it is...
This selection of peer-reviewed essays is taken from the Royal Irish Academy Symposium Intercultural Spaces: Language, Culture, Identity, host...
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550,10 |
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From the Margins to the Centre; Irish Perspectives on Swiss Culture and Literature
ISBN: 9783039107162 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arising from a colloquium held in Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, in March 2004, this volume offers fresh insights into Swiss culture and literature from an Irish perspective. It brings together articles by writers and scholars from various academic fields including cultural studies, linguistics and literature. The book is a reflection of the multifaceted interests of Irish academics in Switzerland as a cultural space in the heart of Europe. Ireland as a vantage point, situated at the western margin of the European continent, offers new perspectives from which differences as...
Arising from a colloquium held in Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, in March 2004, this volume offers fresh insights into Swiss culture...
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375,10 |
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The Semantic Salience Hierarchy Model; The L2 Acquisition of Psych Predicates
ISBN: 9783039113002 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This empirical study examines the learning problem of the argument structure of psych predicates such as -The dog frightens John- and the related V-ing adjectives such as -The dog is frightening to John-. The problem is theoretically interesting because of the marked nature of the thematic role mapping of these sentences in relation to the principle of the Uniformity of Theta Assignment Hypothesis (UTAH). The problem is highly relevant to our understanding of second language acquisition, as this is known to be a prevalent difficulty among language learners. The author has framed the learning...
This empirical study examines the learning problem of the argument structure of psych predicates such as -The dog frightens John- and the related V-in...
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521,69 |
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Phonetics of Russian and Finnish: General Description of Phonetic Systems- Experimental Studies on Spontaneous and Read-Aloud Speech
ISBN: 9783631579329 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is the joint work of Russian and Finnish phoneticians. The articles describe the Russian and Finnish phonetic systems both at the segmental and at prosodic levels, and present new data concerning spontaneous and read-aloud speech. The results are based on empirical phonetic research carried out in the 21st century using the latest equipment. This volume will help the reader to get acquainted with the Russian and Finnish phonetic systems, and if desired, to gain more in-depth information about the latest research into these two languages.
This volume is the joint work of Russian and Finnish phoneticians. The articles describe the Russian and Finnish phonetic systems both at the segmenta...
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349,74 |
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Bilingualism and Language Pedagogy
ISBN: 9781853597558 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bilingualism and Language Pedagogy brings an understanding of language as a social practice, and bilingualism as the study of bidirectional transitioning, to the examination of bilingual settings in the US, Europe and developing countries. The volume suggests that language pedagogy needs to reflect new understandings of bilinguals. Focusing both on bilingual linguistic competence and educational politics and practice, the chapters provide valuable practical proposals and models for developing sociocultural and linguistic competencies among bilingual practitioners and students. The... Bilingualism and Language Pedagogy brings an understanding of language as a social practice, and bilingualism as the study of bidirectiona... |
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The Discursive Construction of Second Language Learners' Motivation: A Multi-Level Perspective
ISBN: 9783034300636 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This longitudinal qualitative study explores the motivation and identity development of students in a comprehensive university who are learning English as a second language (L2). It is set in the contemporary People s Republic of China, where dramatic sociocultural, political and economical changes are taking place. Multiple research methods, including interviews, diary studies and recorded interactions, are employed. The author considers in her study both the impact of broader issues such as globalization and more local social development on language learners at tertiary-level in China, and...
This longitudinal qualitative study explores the motivation and identity development of students in a comprehensive university who are learning Englis...
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Discursive Constructions of Immigrant Identity: A Sociolinguistic Trend Study on Long-Term American Immigrants
ISBN: 9783631612750 / Angielski / Twarda / 219 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In which way can language be an indicator for cultural identity in immigration contexts? How are collective identity, social networks and the use of the inclusive pronoun we connected? Does code-switching in additive bilingualism and first language attrition indicate a loss of home cultural identity? Designed as a longitudinal trend study, this book answers such complex questions as it investigates data collected from interviews with thirty U.S. Americans who immigrated to Germany between 1963 and 2001. On the one hand, in-depth discourse analyses take the discursive construction of identity...
In which way can language be an indicator for cultural identity in immigration contexts? How are collective identity, social networks and the use of t...
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Collaboration in Language Testing and Assessment
ISBN: 9783631635292 / Angielski / Twarda / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Guidelines for Good Practice of the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) stress the importance of collaboration between all parties involved in the process of developing instruments, activities and programmes for testing and assessment. Collaboration is considered to be as important as validity and reliability, providing a crucial prerequisite for responsibility and respect for students. The papers, covering a range of topics that consider both realities and prospects of collaboration, were originally presented at EALTA conferences from 2008 to 2010.
The Guidelines for Good Practice of the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) stress the importance of collaboration betwee...
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Reticence and Anxiety in Oral English Lessons
ISBN: 9783039114979 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study explores the field of EFL (English as a foreign language) classroom learning within a formal learning institution. Drawing on theories and methods from various disciplines, this book explores the question which has been frustrating language teachers: why do so many students remain reticent and anxious in language class?
Based on a large-scale survey and a more focused case study, the book argues persuasively that reticence and anxiety in formal EFL classrooms are important factors in determining the outcome of language learning. By means of a triangulated research method, this... This study explores the field of EFL (English as a foreign language) classroom learning within a formal learning institution. Drawing on theories and ...
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Multilingualism in Europe: A Case Study
ISBN: 9789052019956 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The important question of how to bring the European Union closer to its citizens is bound up with the issue of how individuals, groups and nation states express and assert identity, with one of the fundamental challenges how to approach and deal with multilingual communication.
This study assesses language use in a multilingual trans-European speech community. It examines language learning at school, university and elsewhere, languages spoken at home and in the workplace, and speakers' attitudes towards language learning and future linguistic solutions in Europe. The speech community... The important question of how to bring the European Union closer to its citizens is bound up with the issue of how individuals, groups and nation stat...
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Language, Autonomy and the New Learning Environments
ISBN: 9783039105670 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The emergence of new learning environments, technological and institutional, implies a need for language understanding and autonomous learning. What do they mean? Why are they necessary? How do they interrelate? This book looks at these questions. The authors consider mother tongue and second/foreign language education in relation to language understanding, which includes formal knowledge and an ability to use language communicatively, and should cover the new literacies. Autonomous language learning has been interpreted in various ways, and setting language understanding as a goal allows...
The emergence of new learning environments, technological and institutional, implies a need for language understanding and autonomous learning. What d...
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Practical Approaches to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
ISBN: 9783039116614 / Angielski / Miękka / 297 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What does learning a language involve? Obviously, a rapid and definitive answer cannot be provided for this question since the aspects and situations affecting language learning are many and varied. From the role of culture to the use of new technologies in foreign language learning, this work aims to offer its readers some of the current research being carried out in different areas relevant to the topic.
A long developing project has become reality thanks to the work of several researchers who are also experienced teaching professionals. In this sense, it is worth mentioning that most... What does learning a language involve? Obviously, a rapid and definitive answer cannot be provided for this question since the aspects and situations ...
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Metaphor and Cognition
ISBN: 9783631579572 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The papers in this volume discuss pivotal issues pertaining to the linguistic approaches to metaphors from theoretical and applied points of view. Some contributions utilize the framework of cognitive linguists to validate their descriptive models, showing that the figurative language is present in the everyday lives of people. Some present the opinion that metaphors may be useful for educational purposes explaining the nature of directly inapproachable objects. There are, however, studies that provide evidence for the reverse processes where the formation of conceptual metaphors reflects...
The papers in this volume discuss pivotal issues pertaining to the linguistic approaches to metaphors from theoretical and applied points of view. Som...
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312,46 |
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Die Nominalflexion des Deutschen - verstanden als Lerngegenstand
ISBN: 9783484311510 / Angielski / Twarda / 193 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Untersuchung stellt die Kategorien der Nominalflexion des Deutschen unter dem Gesichtspunkt dar, wie die morphologische Realisierung von Numerus, Genus und Kasus an Nomen, Artikel, Adjektiv und Pronomen vom Lerner im naturlichen Deutsch-als-Zweitsprache-Erwerb erkannt und erlernt werden kann. Dazu werden zunachst die semantischen und syntaktischen Funktionen der einzelnen Kategorien aufgezeigt und die Systematizitat der Flexionsparadigmen dargelegt, soweit eine solche im heutigen Deutsch noch gegeben ist, d.h. hier werden Regularitaten und Irregularitaten der Flexionsmorphologie... Die Untersuchung stellt die Kategorien der Nominalflexion des Deutschen unter dem Gesichtspunkt dar, wie die morphologische Realisierung von Numeru... |
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467,22 |
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Kausalität als linguistische Kategorie
ISBN: 9783484311527 / Angielski / Twarda / 261 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In dieser rein linguistisch orientierten Arbeit wird der Versuch unternommen, die Kausalitat als eine linguistische Gesamtkategorie zu erfassen. Hauptsachliches Ziel der Untersuchung ist dabei die Beschreibung sprachlicher Mittel und Moglichkeiten fur die Darstellung kausaler Zusammenhange in Texten. Anhand einer ausfuhrlichen Darlegung der verschiedenen methodischen Zugange zum Problemkreis ergibt sich als ein zentrales Resultat der Untersuchung, da die Kausalitat nur ausgehend von einer Sprachhandlung BEGRUNDEN als eine Gesamtkategorie erfat werden kann. Auf der Grundlage dieses... In dieser rein linguistisch orientierten Arbeit wird der Versuch unternommen, die Kausalitat als eine linguistische Gesamtkategorie zu erfassen. Ha... |
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467,22 |
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Im Deutschunterricht diskutieren
ISBN: 9783484312289 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Arbeit beschaftigt sich mit der "Diskussionskultur" im Unterrichtsfach Deutsch. Die Untersuchungen von Unterrichtsszenen in gesprachsanalytischer und didaktischer Perspektive zeigen, wie Schuler untereinander oder mit dem Lehrer diskutieren. Auf diese Weise wird eine empirisch fundierte Bestandsaufnahme von Diskussionsprozessen im institutionellen Zusammenhang erarbeitet, auf die sich eine didaktische Reflexion von Moglichkeiten und Grenzen dieser Lehrform stutzen kann. Einer einleitenden Klarung des Konzepts von "diskutieren" als einer sozialen Praktik folgt eine historische... Die Arbeit beschaftigt sich mit der "Diskussionskultur" im Unterrichtsfach Deutsch. Die Untersuchungen von Unterrichtsszenen in gesprachsanalytisch... |
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