Language in Use: Cognitive and Discourse Perspectives on Language and Language Learning
by Andrea E. Tyler, et al.
Publisher: Georgetown University Press 2005
ISBN/ASIN: 1589010442
ISBN-13: 9781589010444
Number of pages: 230
Description:
Language in Use creatively brings together, for the first time, perspectives from cognitive linguistics, language acquisition, discourse analysis, and linguistic anthropology. The unifying theme is studying how language is used in context and explores how language is shaped by the nature of human cognition and social-cultural activity.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(1.7MB, PDF)
Similar books
Interdisciplining Digital Humanitiesby Julie Thompson Klein - University of Michigan Press
The book sorts through definitions and patterns of practice over roughly 65 years of work, providing an overview for specialists and the general audience alike. It depicts the ways this new field is being situated within individual domains ...
(7007 views)
The Theory of the Theatreby Clayton Hamilton - H. Holt and company
Contents: The New Art of Making Plays. Pictorial Stage. Decorative Drama. The Drama of Illusion. The Modern Art of Stage Direction. A Plea for a New Type of Play. Period of Pragmatism. Undramatic Drama. The Value of Stage Conventions. etc.
(8748 views)
Statistics for the Humanitiesby John Canning - British Academy
This book is a beginner's guide to statistics which uses examples from the humanities subjects. The book is aimed primarily at undergraduate humanities students, especially those who have not studied mathematics since the age of 16.
(8503 views)
Digital Rhetoric: Theory, Method, Practiceby Douglas Eyman - University of Michigan Press
What is digital rhetoric? This book aims to answer that question by looking at a number of interrelated histories, as well as evaluating a wide range of methods and practices from fields in the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences...
(6508 views)