A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning

A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning
Title A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning PDF eBook
Author Peter Skehan
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 336
Release 1998
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 9780194372176

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This book is intended for teachers and students of applied linguistics.

Cognition and Language Learning

Cognition and Language Learning
Title Cognition and Language Learning PDF eBook
Author Sadia Belkhir
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pages 171
Release 2020-02-05
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1527546608

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This collection highlights the interplay between cognition and language learning, and tackles such issues as cognition and skills development, language processing, vocabulary memorisation, metaphor identification, vocabulary attrition, motivation, and the perception of phonemes, among others. The contributions here represent current forward-looking research in the field of cognitive linguistics and education. To date, there has been a sharp need for innovative research that examines the interrelationship between cognition and the process of language learning. This volume responds to this requirement, bringing together researchers interested in this research area to discuss their contributions, and to open debates about the role played by cognition in language learning. The book will appeal to master’s and doctoral students, teachers, educational practitioners, and researchers interested in research into the interaction between cognition and language learning.

Cognitive Approach to Natural Language Processing

Cognitive Approach to Natural Language Processing
Title Cognitive Approach to Natural Language Processing PDF eBook
Author Bernadette Sharp
Publisher Elsevier
Pages 236
Release 2017-05-31
Genre Computers
ISBN 008102343X

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As natural language processing spans many different disciplines, it is sometimes difficult to understand the contributions and the challenges that each of them presents. This book explores the special relationship between natural language processing and cognitive science, and the contribution of computer science to these two fields. It is based on the recent research papers submitted at the international workshops of Natural Language and Cognitive Science (NLPCS) which was launched in 2004 in an effort to bring together natural language researchers, computer scientists, and cognitive and linguistic scientists to collaborate together and advance research in natural language processing. The chapters cover areas related to language understanding, language generation, word association, word sense disambiguation, word predictability, text production and authorship attribution. This book will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the interdisciplinary nature of language processing. - Discusses the problems and issues that researchers face, providing an opportunity for developers of NLP systems to learn from cognitive scientists, cognitive linguistics and neurolinguistics - Provides a valuable opportunity to link the study of natural language processing to the understanding of the cognitive processes of the brain

Practice in a Second Language

Practice in a Second Language
Title Practice in a Second Language PDF eBook
Author Robert DeKeyser
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 342
Release 2007-03-12
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 9780521684040

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This volume focuses on 'practice' from a theoretical perspective and includes implications for the classroom.

A Cognitive Linguistics View of Terminology and Specialized Language

A Cognitive Linguistics View of Terminology and Specialized Language
Title A Cognitive Linguistics View of Terminology and Specialized Language PDF eBook
Author Pamela Faber
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 322
Release 2012-07-04
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110277204

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This book explores the importance of Cognitive Linguistics for specialized language within the context of Frame-based Terminology (FBT). FBT uses aspects of Frame Semantics, coupled with premises from Cognitive Linguistics to structure specialized domains and create non-language-specific knowledge representations. Corpus analysis provides information regarding the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of specialized knowledge units. Also studied is the role of metaphor and metonymy in specialized texts. The first section explains the purpose and structure of the book. The second section gives an overview of basic concepts, theories, and applications in Terminology and Cognitive Linguistics. The third section explains the Frame-based Terminology approach. The fourth section explores the role of contextual information in specialized knowledge representation as reflected in linguistic contexts and graphical information. The final section highlights the conclusions that can be derived from this study.

Cognitive Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory

Cognitive Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory
Title Cognitive Linguistics and Sociocultural Theory PDF eBook
Author Kyoko Masuda
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 274
Release 2015-10-16
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1614514445

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By integrating cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories, this groundbreaking book presents empirical studies on selected grammatical and semantic aspects that are challenging for second/foreign language learners. Through in-depth studies exploring eight different languages, this book offers insights generated through the synergy between cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theories that can be readily incorporated into teaching.

Cognitive Approaches to Pedagogical Grammar

Cognitive Approaches to Pedagogical Grammar
Title Cognitive Approaches to Pedagogical Grammar PDF eBook
Author Sabine De Knop
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 457
Release 2008-08-27
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110205386

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In the last 25 years foreign language teaching has been able to increase its efficiency through an orientation towards authentic language materials, pragmatic language functions and interactive learning methods. However, so far foreign language teaching has lacked a sufficiently strong theoretical framework to support the teaching of language in all its aspects. Arguably, such a linguistic theory has to be usage-based and cognition-oriented. Since cognitive linguistics - and especially cognitive grammar - is concerned with conceptual issues against the larger background of human cognition and because it is based on actual language use, it becomes a powerful tool for dealing adequately with the main issues of a pedagogical grammar. A pedagogical grammar aims at providing all the essential linguistic patterns considered relevant by theoretical and descriptive linguistics for the preparation of teaching materials and their exploitation in foreign language instruction. The volume contains thirteen contributions organized into three parts. In Part 1 Langacker, Taylor and Broccias introduce the basic grammar concepts, rules and models that are available in cognitive linguistics and which are directly relevant to the construction of a pedagogical grammar. Meunier, on the other hand, describes how such a grammar could benefit from corpus linguistics. Part 2 looks at some cognitive tools and conceptual errors with contributions by Danesi and Maldonado and also reconsiders contrastive analysis in the papers by Ruiz de Mendoza and Valenzuela & Rojo. Part 3, finally, discusses language-specific constraints on a number of linguistic phenomena such as the construal of motion events (papers by Cadierno and De Knop & Dirven), distinctions in the tense-aspect system (papers by Niemeier & Reif and Schmiedtová & Flecken), and voice (Chen & Oller).