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Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Name: Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition
Author: Edited by Peter Robinson
ISBN: 9780203938560

by Edited by Peter Robinson, Nick Ellis

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Overview

This cutting-edge volume describes the implications of Cognitive Linguistics for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). The first two sections identify theoretical and empirical strands of Cognitive Linguistics, presenting them as a coherent whole. The third section discusses the relevance of Cognitive Linguistics to SLA and defines a research agenda linking these fields with implications for language instruction. Its comprehensive range and tutorial-style chapters make this handbook a valuable resource for students and researchers alike.

Synopsis

Cognitive Linguistics (cl) Is An Approach To The Study Of Language Informed By Both Linguistics And Psychology. It Describes How Language Interfaces With Cognition, And How It Adapts In The Course Of Language Usage, Phylogeneticallv In Language Evolution, Ontogenetically In Language Acquisition, And Moment-to-moment In Situated, On-line Language Processing And Performance. Second Language Acquisition (sla) Involves The Study Of The Cognitive Representations And Mechanisms Of Second Language Processing, Their Time-course Of Acquisition, And, Where Possible And Feasible, Their Relevance To Instruction, The Handbook Of Cognitive Linguistics And Second Language Acquisition Brings These Two Areas Of Theory And Research Together.--book Jacket. Aspects Of Attention In Language / Leonard Talmy -- Prototypes In Cognitive Linguistics / John R. Taylor -- Cognitive Grammar As A Basis For Language Instruction / Ronald W. Langacker -- Word Grammar, Cognitive Linguistics, And Second Language Learning And Teaching / Richard Hudson -- Spatial Language Learning And The Functional Geometric Framework / Kenny R. Coventry And Pedro Guijarro-fuentes -- Language Without Grammar / William O'grady -- Children's First Language Acquisition From A Usage-based Perspective / Elena Lieven And Michael Tomasello -- Construction Learning And Second Language Acquisition / Adele E. Goldberg And Devin Casenhiser -- Usage-based Grammar And Second Language Acquisition / Joan Bybee -- Learning To Talk About Motion In A Foreign Language / Teresa Cadierno -- Gestures And Second Language Acquisition / Marianne Gullberg -- Conceptual Transfer And Meaning Extensions / Terence Odlin -- A Unified Model / Brian Macwhinney -- Usage-based And Form-focused Language Acquisiton : The Associatve Learning Of Constructions, Learned Attention, And The Limited L2 Endstate / Nick C. Ellis -- Corpus-based Methods In Analyses Of Second Language Acquisition Data / Stefan Th. Gries -- Teaching Construal : Cognitive Pedagogical Grammar / Michel Achard -- Cognitive Linguistics And Second Language Instruction / Andrea Tyler -- Conclusion : Cognitive Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition And L2 Instruction : Issues For Research / Peter Robinson And Nick C. Ellis. Edited By Peter Robinson And Nick C. Ellis. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

About the Author, Edited by Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson is a Professor of Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition in the Department of English at Aoyama Gakuin University. His research interests are in second language acquisition; applied psycholinguistics; cognitive psychology; cognitive linguistics; consciousness and awareness during SLA; attention and memory during SLA; second language task complexity; intelligence, aptitude and SLA; experimental research methods; SL syllabus design. He has published extensively in International Review of Applied Linguistics, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Language Learning, and Applied Linguistics. He is on the editorial boards of Asian Journal of English Language Teaching, International Review of Applied Linguistics, TESOL Quarterly, and Studies in Second Language Acquisiton.

Nick Ellis is Professor of Psychology at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests address a range of issues in applied psycholinguistics. He has published broadly in the areas of first and second language acquisition; implicit and explicit learning; dyslexia; vocabulary acquisition; the role of working memory; and computational modeling. He was the editor of Language Learning from 1998-2002. Consideration of usage-based and connectionist models of language and their insights for second language learning have been important themes in his research for the past several years. His most recent work focuses on frequency effects and their possible implications for second language acquisition.