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  • Applied Linguistics for Teachers of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners

    Edited by Nabat Erdogan, Michael Wei ...
    Irrespective of the language taught, whether first, second, or foreign, knowledge of linguistics and its application is a must for language teachers. However, most TESOL programs use general linguistics textbooks that deal with the science of linguistics (as theory), disregarding its implications (practice) for teaching English language learners. Applied Linguistics for Teachers of Culturally and ... Read more

    $166.49 USD

  • Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language

    Emerging Trends

    by Dali Tan, Angela Gunder, Shaoyu Chi, Susan Picard, Yalun Zhou, Michael Wei, Pei-ni Causarano, Yan Gao, I-Ping P. Fu, Chiara Romagnoli, Xin Zhang, Wenying Zhou, Hsiao-Mei Tsai, I-Chiao Hung, Yan Xie, Lan Zhang, Hsiu-Jen Cheng, Hong Zhan, Xiaoshi Li, Justin Olmanson, Xianquan Liu, Christopher C. Heselton, Asha Srivastava, Sujane Wu, Yalin Chen ...
    Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language, edited by Ko-Yin Sung, addresses three emerging themes in the field of Chinese language teaching and learning. (1) Increasingly ubiquitous in all language learning and teaching, and for the learning of Chinese as a second language in particular, information and communication technology (ICT) can serve as an important and effective tool ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • The Lived Experience of Chinese International Students in the U.S.

    An Academic Journey

    by Yalun Zhou, Michael Wei ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book marks a departure from traditional assumptions concerning the deficiencies of Chinese international students in terms of learning and adapting. It employs phenomenological narrative inquiry and a small culture approach to investigate the evolved, fluid experience of pursuing a graduate degree in the U.S. at Blue Fountain University (a pseudonym for a mid-western university).Adopting an ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

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  • Language Files

    Materials for an Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 13th Edition

    by Department of Linguistics ...
    Language Files has become one of the most widely adopted, consulted, and authoritative introductory textbooks to linguistics ever written. The scope of the text makes it suitable for use in a wide range of courses, while its unique organization into student-friendly, self-contained sections allows for tremendous flexibility in course design.The thirteenth edition has been revised, clarified, and ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Introducing Psycholinguistics

    by Paul Warren ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
    How humans produce and understand language is clearly introduced in this textbook for students with only a basic knowledge of linguistics. With a logical, flexible structure Introducing Psycholinguistics steps through the central topics of production and comprehension of language and the interaction between them. Students will gain an understanding of the processes and representations involved in ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Child Language Acquisition

    Contrasting Theoretical Approaches

    by Ben Ambridge, Elena V. M. Lieven ...
    Is children's language acquisition based on innate linguistic structures or built from cognitive and communicative skills? This book summarises the major theoretical debates in all of the core domains of child language acquisition research (phonology, word-learning, inflectional morphology, syntax and binding) and includes a complete introduction to the two major contrasting theoretical approaches ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics

    by Jack C. Richards, Richard W. Schmidt ...
    This best-selling dictionary is now in its 4th edition. Specifically written for students of language teaching and applied linguistics, it has become an indispensible resource for those engaged in courses in TEFL, TESOL, applied linguistics and introductory courses in general linguistics.Fully revised, this new edition includes over 350 new entries. Previous definitions have been revised or ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Language Acquisition and Development

    A Generative Introduction

    by Misha Becker, Kamil Ud Deen ...
    An introduction to the study of children's language development that provides a uniquely accessible perspective on generative/universal grammar–based approaches.How children acquire language so quickly, easily, and uniformly is one of the great mysteries of the human experience. The theory of Universal Grammar suggests that one reason for the relative ease of early language acquisition is that ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Introducing Linguistics

    Theoretical and Applied Approaches

    Edited by Joyce Bruhn de Garavito, John W. Schwieter ...
    Everything we do involves language. Assuming no prior knowledge, this book offers students a contemporary introduction to the study of language. Each thought-provoking chapter is accessible to readers from a variety of fields, and is helpfully organized across six parts: sound; structure and meaning; language typologies and change; language and social aspects; language acquisition; and language, ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics

    by Helen Smith Cairns, Eva M. Fernández ...
    Series series Fundamentals of Linguistics
    Introducing the fundamental issues in psycholinguistics, this book explores the amazing story of the unconscious processes that take place when humans use language. It is an ideal text for undergraduates taking a first course in the study of language.Topics covered include the biological foundations of language; acquisition of first and second languages in children and adults; the mental lexicon; ... Read more

    $43.00 USD

  • Semantics

    by John I. Saeed ...
    Series series Introducing Linguistics
    The latest edition of the bestselling introduction to the field of linguistic semantics, updated throughout and featuring a wholly new chapter on inferential pragmaticsSemantics, Fifth Edition, is a comprehensive and well-balanced introduction to the study of the communication of meaning in language. Assuming no previous background in semantics and limited familiarity with formal linguistics, this ... Read more

    $47.00 USD

  • Explain Me This

    Creativity, Competition, and the Partial Productivity of Constructions

    by Adele E. Goldberg ...
    Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrainedWe use words and phrases creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language constructions in new ways. Yet native speakers also implicitly know when a creative and easily interpretable formulation—such as “Explain me this” or “She considered to go”—doesn’t sound quite right. In this incisive book, ... Read more

    $26.69 USD