Article Usage in English
Subtitle: A Computer-Based Self-Teaching Programme on the Basis of a Functional Theory of Reference (Bamberger Beitrage Zur Englischen Sprachwissenschaft)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: November 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780820429236
Subjects: General; English Language (Specific Aspects); Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Article; Data processing; English language; Foreign speakers; Self-instruction; Study and teaching; Usage
Description: Set within the larger context of research on computer-assisted language learning, the study concentrates on the development of a pragmatically oriented method of teaching article usage in English. Departing from Simon Dik's The Theory of Functional Grammar (1989), Part I presents the development of a functional theory of referential processes.

It results in the redefinition of the underlying clause structure and the identification of a number of semantic operators, which serve to explain the reference of any particular noun phrase. On this basis, Part II presents the development and trial of a computer-based self-teaching programme on article usage in English.