Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition
Studies in the tradition of Andrea Tyler
Editors
| Texas A&M University-Commerce
Language Learning, Discourse and Cognition: Studies in the tradition of Andrea Tyler comprises a collection of original empirically and theoretically motivated studies at the nexus of discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics and second language learning. The thematic relationships between these subfields and links between the studies are laid out in introductory and concluding chapters. This edited volume is intended for both researchers and graduate students in linguistics and second language learning and teaching.
[Human Cognitive Processing, 64] 2018. ix, 317 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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List of contributors | pp. vii–viii
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Acknowledgements | pp. ix–x
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Introduction. Discourse and cognitive perspectives on language learningLucy Pickering and Vyvyan Evans | pp. 1–8
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Part I. Discourse perspectives
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Chapter 1. Culture, gender, ethnicity, identity in discourse: Exploring cross-cultural communicative competence in American university contextsCatherine Evans Davies | pp. 11–36
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Chapter 2. Discourse management strategies revisited: Building on Tyler’s early insights regarding international teaching assistant comprehensibilityGordon Tapper, Grazyna Drzazga, Maria Mendoza and Jennifer C. Grill | pp. 37–62
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Chapter 3. Senior confessions: Narratives of self-disclosureDiana Boxer | pp. 63–82
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Part II. Cognitive perspectives
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Chapter 4. The speech went on (and on) as Kerry dozed off (*and off): A conceptual grammar approach to on and offSusan Strauss, Heesun Chang and Jungwan Yoon | pp. 85–110
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Chapter 5. The role of embodiment in the semantic analysis of phrasal verbs: A corpus-based studyNarges Mahpeykar | pp. 111–130
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Chapter 6. Synesthetic metaphors of sound: An analysis of the semantics of English and Japanese adjectivesMari Tsujita
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Chapter 7. Conceptual vs. inter-lexical polysemy: An LCCM theory approachVyvyan Evans | pp. 159–190
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Part III. Applications to L2 teaching and learning
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Chapter 8. Formulaicity and context in second language pragmaticsKathleen Bardovi-Harlig | pp. 193–211
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Chapter 9. What is happened? Your amazon.com order has shipped : Overpassivization and unaccusativity as L2 construction learningLourdes Ortega, Sang-Ki Lee and Munehiko Miyata | pp. 213–247
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Chapter 10. Effects of L2 exposure on the use of discourse devices in L2 storytellingYuko Nakahama | pp. 249–273
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Chapter 11. The use of hedging devices in L2 legal writing: A cognitive functional perspectiveNatalia Dolgova | pp. 275–300
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Afterword. The theoretical and applied foundations of Andrea Tyler’s approach to the study of languageSalvatore Attardo and Lucy Pickering | pp. 301–310
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Author index
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Subject Index | pp. 315–317
Subjects & Metadata
Linguistics
BIC Subject: CFG – Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General