The Foundations Of Grammar

Author : Jonathan Owens
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027278636
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Foundations of Grammar written by Jonathan Owens and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arabic grammatical tradition is one of the great traditions in the history of linguistics, yet it is also one that is comparatively unknown to modern western linguistics. The purpose of the present book is to provide an introduction to this grammatical tradition not merely by summarizing it, but by putting it into a perspective that will make it accessible to any linguist trained in the western tradition. The reader should not by put off by the word ‘medieval’: Arabic grammatical theory shares a number of fundamental similarities with modern linguistic theory. Indeed, one might argue that one reason Arabic theory has gone unappreciated for so long is that nothing like it existed in the West at the time of its ‘discovery’ by Europeans in the 19th century, when the European orientalist tradition was formed, and that it it only with the development of a Saussurean and Bloomfieldian structural tradition that a better perspective has become possible.

Author : Ray Jackendoff
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191574015
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Language written by Ray Jackendoff and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2002-01-24 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does human language work? How do we put ideas into words that others can understand? Can linguistics shed light on the way the brain operates? Foundations of Language puts linguistics back at the centre of the search to understand human consciousness. Ray Jackendoff begins by surveying the developments in linguistics over the years since Noam Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. He goes on to propose a radical re-conception of how the brain processes language. This opens up vivid new perspectives on every major aspect of language and communication, including grammar, vocabulary, learning, the origins of human language, and how language relates to the real world. Foundations of Language makes important connections with other disciplines which have been isolated from linguistics for many years. It sets a new agenda for close cooperation between the study of language, mind, the brain, behaviour, and evolution.

Author : Xavier Dekeyser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789033456374
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundations of English Grammar written by Xavier Dekeyser and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As its subtitle puts it, Foundations of English grammar is intended for university students and advanced learners. Thus it positions itself between grammars for the general public, which must shy away from calling on linguistic concepts, and major scholarly descriptions of English, which are definitely beyond the grasp of someone without previous linguistic knowledge. Foundations does not presuppose that: it explains all the linguistic concepts it uses. But since it is primarily intended for university students, these concepts are fairly sophisticated, and they come from a wide range of linguistic schools. Foundations is neither a contrastive grammar (systematically comparing English with Dutch) nor a normative one (though it will signal disputed usages that are current). It is a descriptive grammar of modern, living English, concentrating on British English, with brief discussions of important American English features. In this sixth edition, eight chapters have been revised, some very extensively: roughly, those on the noun phrase, on verbal complementation, and on the complex sentence.New grammatical concepts have been introduced and others have been defined more sharply, most obviously in chapter zero, which explains the basic framework, but elsewhere as well. When possible, explanations have been simplified, when necessary, they have been made more precise. Recent changes in the English language have been accounted for, in grammar as well as in usage. A noticeable change in all revised chapters is that the examples, many of which had to be made up in the pre-computer age, are now all real-life examples, culled mainly from the world-wide web. Though conceived first and foremost as a textbook, Foundations has always been and remains eminently serviceable as a reference grammar, thanks to its detailed tables of contents (each chapter has its own), its extensive index and its many cross references.

Author : Victor H. Yngve
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027284075
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Grammar to Science written by Victor H. Yngve and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1996-12-19 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although efforts have been under way for the past two centuries to treat language scientifically, linguists and others who work with language, speech, or communication have not found an adequate scientific foundation in current linguistic theory. Many of the difficulties are caused by longstanding confusions between the logical domain of science and grammar and the physical domain of sound waves and the people who speak and understand. In this book, therefore, the last impediments of tradition, the ancient semiotic-grammatical foundations of linguistics, are set aside. We move into the physical domain, where theories and hypotheses can be tested against observations of the physical reality. Here new foundations are laid that are fully consonant with modern science as practiced in physics, chemistry, and biology. On these foundations is built a structure of testable specific dynamic causal laws of communicative behavior that provides support for treating previously recalcitrant context-dependent semantic, pragmatic, interactive, rhetorical, and literary phenomena. The central role of context in the foundations of the theory provides the insights of scientific lawfulness while still honoring the particularity of situations celebrated in the humanities.

Author : Hawkes Learning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781946158871
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundations of English Grammar Workbook written by Hawkes Learning and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Lennon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000088960
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Foundations of Teaching English as a Foreign Language written by Paul Lennon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-12 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory textbook that assumes no prior knowledge of linguistics or second language acquisition, this book presents a comprehensive overview of the theoretical foundations, methods and practices of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) for pre-service teachers. Lennon covers the theoretical bases for TEFL and addresses second language-acquisition research, past and present EFL teaching methodology, as well as psychological and social approaches to individual language-learner variation. Further chapters provide extensive yet accessible coverage on essential foundational topics, including chapters on pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, literature and testing. Offering a sociocultural approach in which the teacher is seen as a facilitator and supporter of students’ self-directed learning, this text provides the prospective teacher with the knowledge and skills to be an effective educator in the EFL classroom. The targeted EFL focus makes this book ideal for pre-service teachers and for teacher training programmes around the world. Each chapter includes a Food for Thought section with questions for reflection and a Further Reading list.

Author : Lawrence Michael Zbikowski
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190653639
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Musical Grammar written by Lawrence Michael Zbikowski and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is it that humans are able to organize seemingly random sounds into the captivating sonic structures we call music? In this volume, Lawrence M. Zbikowski argues that humans' unique ability to correlate sounds with dynamic processes provides the basis for the construction of meaningful musical utterances - that is, a foundation for musical grammar. Building on a framework for grammar developed by cognitive linguists over the past three decades and the pathbreaking research set out in his earlier book, Conceptualizing Music (OUP 2002), Zbikowski explains how the ability to draw analogies between widely differing domains allowing humans to connect sequences of musical sounds with emotion processes, physical gestures, and the steps of dance. He shows how these connections underpin an evocative movement from a cantata by J.S. Bach, guide our understanding of gestural choreographies by Fred Astaire and Charlie Chaplin, and frame connections between movement and music in French courtly dance and the Viennese waltz. Through thorough surveys of research in cognitive science and careful analyses of works by composers ranging from Bach, Brahms, and Schubert to Jerome Kern, Zbikowski explores the unique resources for communication offered by music and examines how these differ from those of language. Foundations of Musical Grammar is sure to be an instant - and enticingly controversial - classic within the evolving literature addressing the many complex intersections of music and language. -- from dust jacket.

Author : International Tefl Academy Press
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9780359255306
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammar Fundamentals for Teaching English as a Foreign Language: A Teacher's Reference written by International Tefl Academy Press and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammar Fundamentals for Teaching English as a Foreign Language: A Teacher's Reference aims to improve your knowledge of and confidence with the English language, including the terminology, form, and meaning of basic grammatical structures. The structures are presented within short vignettes about teaching abroad, including content that should be of interest for anyone in the field of TEFL. The book is designed to serve as a self-study grammar reference for the novice teacher of English grammar, but it can also serve as a review or to provide samples for more advanced grammarians.

Author : Ronald W. Langacker
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804738513
Total Pages : 1056 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Cognitive Grammar written by Ronald W. Langacker and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume of a two-volume work that introduces a new and fundamentally different conception of language structure and linguistic investigation. The central claim of cognitive grammar is that grammar forms a continuum with lexicon and is fully describable in terms of symbolic units (i.e. form-meaning pairings). In contrast to current orthodoxy, the author argues that grammar is not autonomous with respect to semantics, but rather reduces to patterns for the structuring and symbolization of conceptual content. Reviews It is impossible within the limits of a review to discuss, or even do justice to, the wealth of information and genuine insights that the book contains. . . . Let us look forward to seeing the continuation of this promising approach to language. Langacker has written a highly stimulating first part; it will be exciting to see the sequel. Canadian Journal of Linguistics It represents important changes in the thrust of linguistic approaches to language. . . . It is rich, full, and thought-provoking. . . . The issues it raises are significant and will be much debated in the future. Linguistic Anthropology Understanding Langacker s grammar is made easier by the fact that, instead of using mathematical formalisms to prove his points, he uses common knowledge of language to persuade the reader. . . . The book is valuable for several factors in addition to its clarification of grammar. The insights into verbal thought and meaning are prime reasons for recommending the book to the semantically inclined. Et cetera"

Author : Lesli J. Favor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781567651355
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammar in Practice written by Lesli J. Favor and published by . This book was released on 2005-09-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third book in a series that shows students how to pull together their grammar and usage skills to write strong, engaging sentences and paragraphs