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LEADER: 02924cam a22002658a 4500
001 2009043522
003 DLC
005 20100317140203.0
008 091016s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009043522
020 $a9780230219489 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aP118.2$b.L57 2009
082 00 $a418.0071$222
100 1 $aLittlemore, Jeannette.
245 10 $aApplying cognitive linguistics to second language learning and teaching /$cJeannette Littlemore.
260 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2009.
263 $a0911
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Cognitive linguistics is a relatively new discipline which is rapidly becoming mainstream and influential, particularly in the area of second language teaching. This book looks at how cognitive linguistics can inform our teaching, and lead to intriguing suggestions for alternative ways of presenting grammar and vocabulary in the language classroom"--Provided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: List of Tables and Figures * Acknowledgements * Introduction * I see less of the surroundings. The story feels different. Construal and Second Language Learning * More on Categories: Words, Morphemes, Parts of Speech, Grammar rules and Phonological Features as Radial Categories * More about Spinsters and their Cats * Encyclopaedic Knowledge and Second Language Learning * Eyebrow heads and yummy mummies Metaphor and Second Language Learning * Jane Austens on the ground floor or is she? Metonymy and Second Language Learning * What Have Bees, Macaque Monkeys and Humans got in Common? Embodied Cognition, Gesture and Second Language Learning * Loud suits and sharp cheese Motivated language and Second Language Learning * Brian sent Antarctica a walrus Construction Grammars and Second Language Learning * Conclusion * Index * Endnotes * References List of Tables and Figures * Acknowledgements * Introduction * I see less of the surroundings. The story feels different. Construal and Second Language Learning * More on Categories: Words, Morphemes, Parts of Speech, Grammar rules and Phonological Features as Radial Categories * More about Spinsters and their Cats * Encyclopaedic Knowledge and Second Language Learning * Eyebrow heads and yummy mummies Metaphor and Second Language Learning * Jane Austens on the ground floor or is she? Metonymy and Second Language Learning * What Have Bees, Macaque Monkeys and Humans got in Common? Embodied Cognition, Gesture and Second Language Learning * Loud suits and sharp cheese Motivated language and Second Language Learning * Brian sent Antarctica a walrus Construction Grammars and Second Language Learning * Conclusion * Index * Endnotes * References .
650 0 $aSecond language acquisition$xStudy and teaching.
650 0 $aCognitive grammar.
650 0 $aLanguage and languages$xStudy and teaching.