Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Name: Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition
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ISBN: 9780805853513

ISBN-10: 0805853510

ISBN-13: 9780805853513

Edition: 2008

Authors: Nick C. Ellis, Peter Robinson

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The EM Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition /EM unifies the various theoretical and empirical strands within the burgeoning research field of cognitive linguistics. Additionally, it introduces and applies these basic concepts to the field of second language acquisition. The editorial team of Peter Robinson and Nick Ellis, both pioneers in cognitive linguistics, has assembled an astonishing group of well-known researchers to participate in this volume. As a handbook, it will be useful to researchers. The tutorial style of the chapters will make it useful to students in a variety of language-intensive disciplines, especially in second language acquisition.

Book details

List price: $225.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/25/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition



An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, and Language Instruction




Cognitive Linguistics and Cognition


Aspects of Attention in Language



Prototypes in Cognitive Linguistics



Cognitive Grammar as a Basis for Language Instruction



Word Grammar, Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Learning and Teaching



Spatial Language Learning and the Functional Geometric Framework



Language without Grammar



Children's First Language Acquistion from a Usage-based Perspective



Construction Learning and SLA



Usage-based Grammar and SLA




Cognitive Linguistics, SLA and L2 Instruction


Learning to Talk about Motion in a Foreign Language



Gestures and SLA



Conceptual Transfer and Meaning Extensions



A Unified Model



Usage-based and Form-focussed SLA: The Associative Learning of Constructions, Learned-attention and the Limited L2 Endstate



Corpus-based Methods in Analyses of SLA Data



Teaching Construal: Cognitive Pedagogical Grammar



Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Instruction



Conclusions: Cognitive Linguistics, SLA and L2 Instruction'Issues for Research



Subject index


Author index