Spoken Language Corpus and Linguistic Informatics

Spoken Language Corpus and Linguistic Informatics
Author: Yuji Kawaguchi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027233179

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Linguistic Informatics

Linguistic Informatics
Author: Yuji Kawaguchi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027233134

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Identity and Pragmatic Language Use

Identity and Pragmatic Language Use
Author: Yoko Nogami
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2020-06-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1501504215

ELF (English as a lingua franca) research counters the monocentric view of English based on norms of native speakers of English, and supports any usages reflecting sociopragmatic and pragmalinguistic reality of ELF communication. Such an approach empowers any speakers of English to contemplate their own varieties of English as legitimate, providing them greater options for positive self-identification. Based on qualitative and interpretive methodology, this book illustrates how Japanese L2 English users establish identities related to L2 English as part of their multiple identities, and how they explore new identity options through ELF. Moreover, the author demonstrates how power relations relating to English language are constructed through the participants’ experiences in ELF interactions. Also, analysis of the data reveals that to what degree the Japanese L2 English users wish to affiliate with particular groups in ELF interactions with people from diverse cultural background. Because of the multidisciplinary nature of the study, this book will appeal to a broad audience such as scholars and students who are interested in further understanding of identity and sociocultural issues involved in intercultural communication.

Readings in Second Language Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition

Readings in Second Language Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition
Author: Asako Yoshitomi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2006-06-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027293457

The selected contributions of this volume focus on various issues related to second language pedagogy and second language acquisition in the Japanese context. Part I covers such topics as discourse pragmatics and cross-cultural pragmatics in language teaching; the instruction of conversation through training in story telling skills; task activities as a means for grammarization in grammar teaching; the development of a computerized speaking test and a proficiency scale for EFL learners; and the social aspects of the language teacher expertise. Part II deals with the cognitive transformation involved in the acquisition of syntactic structures; the application of ZPD to adult learners not only in terms of interpersonal interaction but also through interfacing with other media; examination of learners’ narrative data to analyze linguistic and gestural reference and to investigate learners’ use of phrasal verbs; learner’s strategy use in self-instruction that utilizes audiovisual materials; and network computer technology in computer-assisted language learning.

Cognitive-Functional Approaches to the Study of Japanese as a Second Language

Cognitive-Functional Approaches to the Study of Japanese as a Second Language
Author: Kaori Kabata
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2016-01-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1501500686

This innovative and original volume brings together studies that apply cognitive and functional linguistics to the study of the L2 acquisition of Japanese. With each article grounded on the usage-based model and/or conceptual notions such as foregrounding and subjectivity, the volume sheds light on how cognitive and functional linguistics can help us understand aspects of Japanese acquisition that have been neglected by traditionalists.

The Handbook of Dialectology

The Handbook of Dialectology
Author: Charles Boberg
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2018-01-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1118827554

The Handbook of Dialectology provides an authoritative, up-to-date and unusually broad account of the study of dialect, in one volume. Each chapter reviews essential research, and offers a critical discussion of the past, present and future development of the area. The volume is based on state-of-the-art research in dialectology around the world, providing the most current work available with an unusually broad scope of topics Provides a practical guide to the many methodological and statistical issues surrounding the collection and analysis of dialect data Offers summaries of dialect variation in the world's most widely spoken and commonly studied languages, including several non-European languages that have traditionally received less attention in general discussions of dialectology Reviews the intellectual development of the field, including its main theoretical schools of thought and research traditions, both academic and applied The editors are well known and highly respected, with a deep knowledge of this vast field of inquiry

Handbook of Intercultural Communication

Handbook of Intercultural Communication
Author: Helga Kotthoff
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2008-09-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110198584

In today’s globalized world of international contact and multicultural interaction, effective intercultural communication is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite for social harmony and organisational success. This handbook takes a ?problem-solving? approach to the various issues that arise in real-life intercultural interaction. The editors have brought together experts from a range of disciplines, including linguistics, psychology and anthropology, to provide a multidisciplinary perspective on the field, whilst simultaneously anchoring it in Applied Linguistics. Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of intercultural communication presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field offers solutions of everyday language-related problems international handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field

Text, Speech and Dialogue

Text, Speech and Dialogue
Author: Petr Sojka
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 663
Release: 2008-09-09
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540873910

The annual Text, Speech and Dialogue Conference (TSD), which originated in 1998, is now starting its second decade. So far almost 900 authors from 45 countries have contributed to the proceedings. TSD constitutes a recognizedplatform for the presen- tion and discussion of state-of-the-art technology and recent achievements in the ?eld of natural language processing. It has become an interdisciplinary forum, interweaving the themes of speech technology and language processing. The conference attracts - searchers not only from Central and Eastern Europe, but also from other parts of the world. Indeed, one of its goals has always been to bring together NLP researchers with different interests from different parts of the world and to promote their mutual co- eration. One of the ambitions of the conference is, as its title says, not only to deal with dialogue systems as such, but also to contribute to improving dialogue between researchers in the two areas of NLP, i. e. , between text and speech people. In our view, the TSD conference was successful in this respect in 2008 as well. This volume contains the proceedings of the 11th TSD conference, held in Brno, Czech Republic in September 2008. Following the review process, 79 papers were - ceptedoutof173submitted,anacceptancerateof45. 7%.

Formalizing Natural Languages

Formalizing Natural Languages
Author: Max Silberztein
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2016-01-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1119264146

This book is at the very heart of linguistics. It provides the theoretical and methodological framework needed to create a successful linguistic project. Potential applications of descriptive linguistics include spell-checkers, intelligent search engines, information extractors and annotators, automatic summary producers, automatic translators, and more. These applications have considerable economic potential, and it is therefore important for linguists to make use of these technologies and to be able to contribute to them. The author provides linguists with tools to help them formalize natural languages and aid in the building of software able to automatically process texts written in natural language (Natural Language Processing, or NLP). Computers are a vital tool for this, as characterizing a phenomenon using mathematical rules leads to its formalization. NooJ – a linguistic development environment software developed by the author – is described and practically applied to examples of NLP.

Character Education for 21st Century Global Citizens

Character Education for 21st Century Global Citizens
Author: Endah Retnowati
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 652
Release: 2018-09-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351597337

Character Education for 21st Century Global Citizens contains the papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Teacher Education and Professional Development (InCoTEPD 2017), Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 20—21 October 2017. The book covers 7 topics: 1) Values for 21st century global citizens 2) Preparing teachers for integrative values education 3) Teacher professional development for enhanced character education 4) Curriculum/syllabus/lesson plan/learning materials development for integrated values education 5) Developing learning activities/tasks/strategies for character education 6) Assessing student’s character development (values acquisition assessment) 7) Creating/managing conducive school culture to character education.