Workbook in the Structure of English: Linguistic Principles and Language Acquisition - Softcover

Rutherford, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631204792 ISBN 13: 9780631204794

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1998

Synopsis

A Workbook in the Structure of English provides a wide–ranging activities–based introduction to English grammar and linguistics.

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About the Author

William Rutherford is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Southern California, where he was also Director of the American Language Institute from 1981 to 1984. His publications, ranging over language acquisition, language pedagogy, and grammatical theory, include Second Language Grammar: Learning and Teaching (1987) and, as editor, Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition (1987). From 1988 to 1998 he was co–general editor of the monograph series Language acquisition and Language Disorders. In 1995 he was the recipient of an edited festschrift volume: The Current State of Interlanguage: Studies in Honor of William E. Rutherford.

Divided into major sections on grammatical categories, operations, relations, typology, and other areas, the volume is motivated throughout by the view that what is to be learned from the study of language is accomplished more effectively through the ′doing′ of linguistics than through merely reading about it or listening to someone talk about it.

The task–orientated, problem solving format of the Workbook provides the ideal format for inculcating the requisite analytical skills.

An Instructor′s Manual on disk accompanies the book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631204792
• ISBN 13: 9780631204794
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432