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Title Cognitive linguistics and sociocultural theory : applications for second and foreign language teaching / edited by Kyoko Masuda, Carlee Arnett, Angela Labarca
Published Berlin [Germany] ; Boston [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (274 pages)
Series Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education, 2192-0982 ; Volume 8
Studies in second and foreign language education ; Volume 8
Contents Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Preface / Masuda, Kyoko ; Arnett, Carlee ; Labarca, Angela -- Authors and Affilications -- 1. Cognitive linguistics, Sociocultural Theory and language teaching: Introduction / Masuda, Kyoko ; Arnett, Carlee -- 2. Discouraging constructional negative transfer: Theoretical aspects and classroom activities for Spanish-speaking students of L2 Italian / Putta, Paolo Della -- 3. A cognitive linguistic approach to teaching Chinese spatial particles: From contrastive constructional analysis to material design / Lu, Wei-lun -- 4. Motion for the other through motion for the self: The conceptual complexities of giving-directions for advanced Spanish heritage learners / Mora, Francisca Aguiló ; Negueruela-Azarola, Eduardo -- 5. A cognitive linguistic analysis of English conditionals in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) instruction: Implications from Sociocultural Theory / Jacobsen, Natalia -- 6. Researching and teaching metonymy from a socially-embedded cognitive linguistics perspective to English as a foreign language (EFL) learners / Hill, Kent -- 7. A cognitive linguistic analysis of French prepositions à, dans, and en and a sociocultural theoretical approach to teaching them / Buescher, Kimberly ; Strauss, Susan -- 8. A cognitive linguistic approach to two-way prepositions in L2 German / Arnett, Carlee ; Deifel, Karina -- 9. Schematic diagram use and languaging quality in learning Japanese polysemous particles ni and de / Masuda, Kyoko ; Labarca, Angela -- 10. The case for hidden meaning: An application of cognitive linguistics in the Russian classroom / Lysinger, Diana -- Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
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Subject Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
Second language acquisition -- Study and teaching
Cognitive grammar -- Study and teaching
Intercultural communciation -- Study and teaching
Sociolinguistics -- Study and teaching
Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
Second language acquisition -- Study and teaching.
Sociolinguistics -- Study and teaching.
Form Electronic book
Author Masuda, Kyoko, editor
Arnett, Carlee, editor
Labarca, Angela, editor
ISBN 9781614514442
1614514445