Applying cognitive linguistics to second language learning and teaching
By: Jeannette Littlemore.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230219489
Subjects: Second language acquisition -- Study and teaching; Cognitive grammar; Language and languages -- Study and teaching
Description: "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, and lead to intriguing suggestions for alternative ways of presenting grammar and vocabulary in the language classroom"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of Tables and Figures * Acknowledgements * Introduction * I see less of the surroundings. The story feels different. Construal and Second Language Learning * More on Categories: Words, Morphemes, Parts of Speech, Grammar rules and Phonological Features 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 * Jane Austens on the ground floor or is she? Metonymy and Second Language 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 * Index * Endnotes * References List of Tables and Figures * Acknowledgements * Introduction * I see less of the surroundings. The story feels different. Construal and Second Language Learning * More on Categories: Words, Morphemes, Parts of Speech, Grammar rules and Phonological Features 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 * Jane Austens on the ground floor or is she? Metonymy and Second Language 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 * Index * Endnotes * References .