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19 produkter
Second Language Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese Tones
Beyond First-Language Transfer
Av Hang Zhang
Häftad, 2018
1546 kr
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Tones are the most challenging aspect of learning Chinese pronunciation for adult learners and traditional research mostly attributes tonal errors to interference from learners’ native languages. In Second Language Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese Tones, Hang Zhang offers a series of …
Grounding in Chinese Written Narrative Discourse
Av Wendan Li
Häftad, 2018
1492 kr
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In Grounding in Chinese Written Narrative Discourse Wendan Li offers a comprehensive and innovative account of how Mandarin Chinese, as a language without extensive morphological marking, highlights (or foregrounds) major events of a narrative and demotes (or backgrounds) other supporting …
Pragmatic Issues in Specialized Communicative Contexts
Av Francesca Bianchi, Sara Gesuato
Häftad, 2016
1394 kr
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Pragmatic Issues in Specialized Communicative Contexts, edited by Francesca Bianchi and Sara Gesuato, illustrates how interactants systematically and effectively employ micro and macro linguistic resources and textual strategies to engage in communicative practices in such specific contexts as …
Dynamics of Teaching and Learning Modern Hebrew as an Additional Language
Using Hebrew as a means of instruction and acquisition
Av Yona Gilead
Häftad, 2017
1473 kr
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In Dynamics of Teaching and Learning Modern Hebrew as an Additional Language Yona Gilead presents original research into classroom interactional practices by offering a thick description of a successful beginner-level Modern Hebrew program at an Australian university. The book charts and theorizes …
Strategies of Adaptation in Tourist Communication
Linguistic Insights
Av Gudrun Held
Häftad, 2018
1460 kr
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The papers in this volume study the relationship between language use and the concept of the “tourist gaze” through a range of communicative practices from different cultures and languages. From a pragmatic perspective, the authors investigate how language constantly adapts to contextual …
Multimodal Interaction on the Move
Instructional Sequences in Driving Lessons
Häftad, 2022
2082 kr
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This book is a study of around seven hours of naturally occurring video data, recorded by the author in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland. Drawing on the methodology of Conversation Analysis, Gazin analyses instructional sequences of interaction during driving lessons. The temporal …
Investigating the Learning of Pragmatics across Ages and Contexts
Häftad, 2019
1626 kr
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The present volume, edited by Patricia Salazar-Campillo and Victòria Codina-Espurz, is a timely contribution to the field of interlanguage pragmatics. The nine chapters presented here expand the scope of research to date by including different contexts (i.e., formal instruction, stay-abroad, and …
Logic of Narratives
Av EunHee Lee
Häftad, 2020
1697 kr
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The Logic of Narratives is a linguistic study of narrative discourse that contextualizes the ‘logical’ rather than the ‘stylistic’ aspect of narratives within the range of current issues in the interdisciplinary study of narratives being conducted in linguistics, philosophy, literature, cognitive …
Riches of Intercultural Communication
Volume 2: Multilingual and Intercultural Competences Approaches
Häftad, 2022
1591 kr
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How do you react to an intercultural situation that you do not understand? There are four options. You wait until it's over. You adjust your behavior and “do as the natives do.” You blame the other as strange and stupid. Or you start to wonder by thinking about yourself and the other(s). This last …
Riches of Intercultural Communication
Volume 1: Interactive, Contrastive, and Cultural Representational Approaches
Häftad, 2022
1774 kr
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How do you react to an intercultural situation that you do not understand? There are four options. You wait until it’s over. You adjust your behaviorand “do as the natives do.” You blame the other as strange and stupid. Or you start to wonder by thinking about yourself and the other(s). This last …
Interlingual Readings of Political Discourse
Translation, Interpreting and Contrastive Analysis
Av Jun Pan
Häftad, 2024
1371 kr
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This volume provides a timely reflection of this growing interdisciplinary field of translation, interpreting and political discourse. It includes very recent work carried out by researchers from a range of countries. The chapters illustrate new trends and perspectives in the interdisciplinary …
In-Between: Transversal Values in Contemporary Social Discourses and Culture
Häftad, 2024
1452 kr
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The title concept ‘in-between’ (metaxu) refers to identity that remains in perpetual disjunction, dispersion and crisis. This book proves that ‘in-between’ is not an empty space, but a productive mode of creating new qualities, experiences, ideas and representations.The authors of individual …
Entering an online support group on eating disorders
A discourse analysis
Av Wyke Stommel
Häftad, 2009
1544 kr
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Online support groups are considered highly valuable in addition to traditional health care services, but we know very little about how people actually join such a group. This book offers a microanalysis of an online support group on eating disorders, specifically the communication through textual …
English for Professional and Academic Purposes
Häftad, 2010
1398 kr
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English in academic and professional settings has received great attention over the last 50 years, as its use has become a key asset for anyone interested in improving his/her chances of communicating internationally. However, it still offers rich opportunities for teachers and researchers working …
Discourse and language learning across L2 instructional settings
Av Eva Alcón, Soler
Häftad, 2012
1962 kr
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Studies on discourse and language learning originated in the field of general education and they focused on first language learning environments. However, since 1980s research on discourse and language learning broadened the scope of investigation to respond to second and foreign language …
Refusals in instructional contexts and beyond
Häftad, 2013
1459 kr
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Little exposure and few opportunities for practice are two main drawbacks for learners in instructional contexts. These problems are intensified when dealing with face-threatening acts such as refusals, as learners are not fully capable of expressing their meanings and miscommunication is a likely …
Rhetoric in financial discourse
A linguistic analysis of ICT-mediated disclosure genres
Av Belinda Crawford Camiciottoli
Häftad, 2013
1318 kr
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Financial disclosure has become a crucial component of corporate communication. Through this process, companies aim to provide information and project an image of trustworthiness in response to on-going ethical concerns in the world of finance. Rhetoric in financial discourse provides new insights …
English as a foreign language teacher education
Current perspectives and challenges
Häftad, 2014
1801 kr
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The field of Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE) is mainly concerned with the professional preparation of L2 teachers. In order to improve teaching in the multilingual and multicultural classroom of the 21st century, both pre- and in-service L2 teachers as well as L2 teacher educators must be …
Integration of theory and practice in CLIL
Av Ruth Breeze
Häftad, 2014
1062 kr
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Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has now become a feature of education in Europe from primary school to university level. CLIL programmes are intended to integrate language and content learning in a process of mutual enrichment. Yet there is little consensus as to how this is to be …
