Distinctive features of the Cognitive Linguistic approach to language study Draft John R Taylor and Jeannette Littlemore To appear in: J Littlemore and J Taylor (eds)‚ Bloomsbury Companion to Cognitive Linguistics. 2014. 1. Defining and positioning Cognitive Linguistics Cognitive linguistics began as an approach to the study of language‚ but it now has implications and applications far beyond language in any traditional sense of the word. It has its origins in the 1980s as a conscious
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Bibliography: Brown‚ G.‚ and Yule‚ G. 1983. Discourse Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Clark‚ H. H.‚ and Clark‚ E. V. 1977. Psychology and Language: An Introductionto Psycholinguistics. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Crystal‚ D. 1991. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics‚ 3rd edition. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Richards‚ J. C.‚ Platt‚ J.‚ and Platt‚ H. 1992. Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
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Psychology “Jump Start” copyright . United Feature Syndicate. Reprinted with permission. Introduction Brain and Language http://suite101.com/article/how-we-learn-language-a158847 Aitchinson‚ Jean (1976). The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. London: Hutchinson & Co. http://www.healthofchildren.com/L/Language-Development.html http://www.icr.org/article/6391/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dA2W0SwIwY
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Outline 1. Cognitive Linguistics: some basic facts 2. Branches of Cognitive Linguistics 1. Cognitive Linguistics: some basic facts What is cognitive linguistics? Cognitive linguistics is a branch of linguistics that focuses on the conceptual structures and cognitive processes that underlie linguistic representation and grammar in language. [3] Cognitive linguistics is the study of language in its cognitive function‚ where “cognitive” refers to the crucial role of intermediate
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THE EMPIRICAL BASIS OF SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE LIKE LEARNING A FIRST? 1. PSYCHOLINGUISTIC MECHANISM Dulay and Burt began with the premise that first and second language acquisition in children were the same process‚ and that the kinds of errors made by a second language leaner would be the same as those made by a first language leaner of the same language. Children learning a second language are usually older tan L1 learners; they are further along
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Research Proposal Project Title: Code-mixing among University students in Hong Kong within the school’s context TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT 1 1. INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 Background 2 1.2 Objective 3 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 4 2.1 Studies form the societal language pattern 4 2.2 Studies form the ubiquity of mixed code within school context 4 2.2.1 Notice or advertising within school context 4 2.2.2 Student informal conversation within school context 5 3. PROJECT
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Analysing the ease‚ rapidity and uniformity of a complex‚ rule governed native language acquisition on the basis of sometimes‚ a rather slender database‚ by mere infants led Dan Slobin to hypothesize language or specifically natural language is an inherent human trait and can be grouped with other tasks like walking‚ grasping objects and recognising faces. He further elaborated his theory‚ pinpointing to similarities in native language acquisition by children growing up in varied speech communities
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The Influence of Sense of Language on English Reading Teaching Abstract Sense of language‚ though has been existed for a long time‚ it enters the linguists’ research area only in the latest twenty years. This paper discusses the sense of language in English reading teaching from the psychological point of view. It begins with the definition and psychological mechanism of the sense of language and reading. By analyzing and comparing their psychological mechanism‚ it explores the relationship of
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Temasek Polytechnic Temasek Humanities & Social Sciences School Diploma in Psychology Studies Perception & Cognition (GPS 2002) Subject Assignment 1 Name: Jovan Leung Jing Ming Admission Number: 1103884A Tutorial Group: TG1A Tutor: Dr. Tan Wah Pheow Declaration of original work: I declare that the following work is my own original work. I have not plagiarised information and have not tried to pass off other people’s ideas and findings as my own. Wherever possible‚ I
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Culture and Cognition. Clevedon‚ UK: Multilingual Matters Hernandez-Chavez‚ E Jean‚ M.‚ & Geva‚ E. (2009‚ January). The development of vocabulary in English as a second language children and its role in predicting word recognition ability. Applied Psycholinguistics‚ 30(1)‚ 153-185. Retrieved from EBSCOhost database. Krashen‚ S. (1988). Second language acquisition and second language learning. Upper Saddle River‚ NJ: Prentice Hall International. Swain‚ M. (1985). Communicative competence: Some roles of
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