Cognitive linguistics, second language acquisition, and foreign language teaching
By: edited by Michel Achard and Susanne Niemeier.
Contributors: Achard, Michel, 1959-; Niemeier, Susanne, 1960-
Series: Studies on language acquisition ;; 18
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects; Second language acquisition; Cognitive grammar
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cognitive linguistics, language acquisition, and pedagogy / Michel Achard and Susanne Niemeier; title: Expressing motion events in a second language / Teresa Cadierno; title: Construal, convention, and constructions in L2 speech / Renee Waara; title: Input versus transfer? The role of frequency and similarity in the acquisition of L2 prepositions / Wander Lowie and Marjolijn Verspoor; title: Linguistic and cultural relativity reconsidered for the foreign language classroom / Susanne Niemeier; title: The figure/ground Gestalt and language teaching methodology / Peter Grundy; title: Cultural scripts / Cliff Goddard; title: Grammatical instruction in the natural approach / Michel Achard; title: Teaching temporal connectors and their prototypical non-temporal extensions / Angeliki Athanasiadou; title: Expanding learners' vocabulary through metaphor awareness / Frank Boers; title: A cognitive linguistic view of polysemy in English and its implications for teaching / Szilvia Csabi; title: Applying cognitive linguistics to pedagogical grammar / Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans.