Context in Language Learning and Language Understanding (Cambridge Professional Learning) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521633559 ISBN 13: 9780521633550

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Synopsis

The papers in this volume represent the views of a range of experts in a variety of language-related disciplines on the role which context plays in language learning and language understanding. The authors provide various theoretical constructs which help impose order on the apparent chaos of contextual factors which may have an influence on the production and comprehension of speech events. They focus on a variety of types of context, including the context established by different speech communities, interpersonal contexts, the classroom context, and the context provided by the linguistic code itself. The papers illustrate how the treatment of context varies across the disciplines of linguistics, historical stylistics, applied linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Each paper is prefaced by an editorial introduction to help the reader trace out common themes and points of conflict.

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Book Description

The papers in this volume represent varied views on the role of context in language learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521633559
• ISBN 13: 9780521633550
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Malmkjaer Kirsten