Applying cognitive linguistics to second languagelearning and teaching

Cognitive linguistics is a relatively new discipline which is rapidly becoming mainstream and influential, particularly in the area of second language teaching. This book looks at how cognitive linguistics can inform our teaching andlead to intriguing suggestions for alternative ways of presenting grammar andvocabulary in the language classroom. JEANNETTE LITTLEMORE is a Senior Lecturer in the School of English, Drama,American and Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her research interests lie in the applications of Cognitive Linguistics to second language learning and teaching, and in the teaching of metaphor to second language learners. She is co-author, with Graham D. Low, of 'Figurative Thinking and Foreign Language Learning.' INDICE: List of Tables and Figures - Acknowledgements - Introduction - 'I see less of the surroundings. The story feels different'. Construal and SecondLanguage Learning - More on Categories: Words, Morphemes, 'Grammar Rules', Phonological Features and Intonation Patterns as Radial Categories - More about Spinsters and their Cats. Encyclopaedic Knowledge and Second Language Learning- 'Eyebrow heads' and 'yummy mummies' Metaphor and Second Language Learning -'You'll find Jane Austen in the basement' b& or Will You? Metonymy and SecondLanguage Learning - What Have Bees, Macaque Monkeys and Humans got in Common?Embodied Cognition, Gesture and Second Language Learning - 'Loud suits' and 'sharp cheese' 'Motivated Language' and Second Language Learning - 'Brian sent Antarctica a walrus' Construction Grammars and Second Language Learning - Conclusion - References - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-30235-8
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés