Bielefeld Introduction to Applied Linguistics
A Course Book
1st Edition
Published on 13. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-3-89528-706-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Bielefeld Introduction to Applied Linguistics is designed to provide a wide-ranging and substantial overview of the field for beginning students. It comprises twenty-seven well-documented contributions based on some of the most salient topics in research and teaching done at the Department of Linguistics and Literature at Bielefeld University.
In four major sections this book looks at questions involving the user/learner (teaching/learning aids; learning processes and methods of gauging them); mental processes (language acquisition and loss); studies involving the linguistic code (metaphor, translation, empirical methods, approaches to texts); and the language community (bilingualism and code-switching, language policy, pragmatics, speaker groups and their languages).
Each contribution offers - on sometimes varying levels of detail - a starting point for the young student and provides a useful selection of literature for further reading. Many of the chapters include a selection of do-able exercises based on the material presented.
In four major sections this book looks at questions involving the user/learner (teaching/learning aids; learning processes and methods of gauging them); mental processes (language acquisition and loss); studies involving the linguistic code (metaphor, translation, empirical methods, approaches to texts); and the language community (bilingualism and code-switching, language policy, pragmatics, speaker groups and their languages).
Each contribution offers - on sometimes varying levels of detail - a starting point for the young student and provides a useful selection of literature for further reading. Many of the chapters include a selection of do-able exercises based on the material presented.
More details
Persons
Stephan Gramley is a senior lecturer at the English Department at Bielefeld University, where he has taught and published on the English language with a special emphasis on varieties of English and contact between the English language and its neighbors.
Vivian Gramley is a lecturer at the English Department at Bielefeld University. Her main research interests lie in the areas of Applied Linguistics with a focus on child language and bilingualism as well as sign language and clinical linguistics.
Vivian Gramley is a lecturer at the English Department at Bielefeld University. Her main research interests lie in the areas of Applied Linguistics with a focus on child language and bilingualism as well as sign language and clinical linguistics.
Content
Part I - The User / Learner
Teaching pronunciation (Julia Settinieri)
Learning Aids (Stephan Gramley)
Visual Information in Language Learning and Teaching (Patricia N. Skorge)
Learner Autonomy and Teaching Methodology (Paul Lennon)
Contrastive Analysis, Error Analysis, Interlanguage (Paul Lennon)
Language Testing (Vivian Gramley)
Part II - Language Processing
Language Acquisition: A Multimodal Avenue (Katharina J. Rohlfing)
Second Language Acquisition Studies (Paul Lennon)
Sign Language Acquisition (Vivian Gramley)
Language Attrition (Silja Fehn)
Clinical Linguistics (Martina Hielscher-Fastabend)
The Mental Lexicon (Silja Fehn)
Language Production and Perception (Eva Belke)
Part III - The Language Code and Corpus Studies
Lexicography (Thorsten Trippel)
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) (Stephan Gramley)
Empirical Methods: From Words to Numbers and Back Again (Lorenz Sichelschmidt)
Approaches to Texts - Text Technology (Maik Stuhrenberg)
Forensic Linguistics (Vivian Gramley)
Metaphor (Ralf Schneider)
Translation(Bernd Stefanink)
Part IV - The Language Community
Language Variation: Dialects (Stephan Gramley)
Sign Language and Deaf Communities (Vivian Gramley)
Language Planning and Policy (Werner Kummer with Stephan Gramley)
Bilingualism (Vivian Gramley)
Code-Switching (Stephan Gramley)
Code Switching in Latina Literature (Julia Andres)
Cross-Cultural Pragmatics: Politeness (Stephan Gramley)
General Bibliography
Index
Contributors
Teaching pronunciation (Julia Settinieri)
Learning Aids (Stephan Gramley)
Visual Information in Language Learning and Teaching (Patricia N. Skorge)
Learner Autonomy and Teaching Methodology (Paul Lennon)
Contrastive Analysis, Error Analysis, Interlanguage (Paul Lennon)
Language Testing (Vivian Gramley)
Part II - Language Processing
Language Acquisition: A Multimodal Avenue (Katharina J. Rohlfing)
Second Language Acquisition Studies (Paul Lennon)
Sign Language Acquisition (Vivian Gramley)
Language Attrition (Silja Fehn)
Clinical Linguistics (Martina Hielscher-Fastabend)
The Mental Lexicon (Silja Fehn)
Language Production and Perception (Eva Belke)
Part III - The Language Code and Corpus Studies
Lexicography (Thorsten Trippel)
English for Specific Purposes (ESP) (Stephan Gramley)
Empirical Methods: From Words to Numbers and Back Again (Lorenz Sichelschmidt)
Approaches to Texts - Text Technology (Maik Stuhrenberg)
Forensic Linguistics (Vivian Gramley)
Metaphor (Ralf Schneider)
Translation(Bernd Stefanink)
Part IV - The Language Community
Language Variation: Dialects (Stephan Gramley)
Sign Language and Deaf Communities (Vivian Gramley)
Language Planning and Policy (Werner Kummer with Stephan Gramley)
Bilingualism (Vivian Gramley)
Code-Switching (Stephan Gramley)
Code Switching in Latina Literature (Julia Andres)
Cross-Cultural Pragmatics: Politeness (Stephan Gramley)
General Bibliography
Index
Contributors