UID:
almahu_9949117676802882
Format:
1 online resource (14 volumes (9000 pages)) :
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illustrations, maps (some color), portraits
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-322-06910-7
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9786612710988
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1-282-71098-2
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0-08-044299-4
Series Statement:
Gale eBooks
Content:
The first edition of ELL (1993, Ron Asher, Editor) was hailed as "the field's standard reference work for a generation". Now the all-new second edition matches ELL's comprehensiveness and high quality, expanded for a new generation, while being the first encyclopedia to really exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics. * The most authoritative, up-to-date, comprehensive, and international reference source in its field * An entirely new work, with new editors, new authors, new topics and newly commissioned articles with a handful of classic articles * The first Encyclopedia to exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics through the online edition * Ground-breaking and International in scope and approach * Alphabetically arranged with extensive cross-referencing * Available in print and online, priced separately. The online version will include updates as subjects develop ELL2 includes: * c. 7,500,000 words * c. 11,000 pages * c. 3,000 articles * c. 1,500 figures: 130 halftones and 150 colour * Supplementary audio, video and text files online * c. 3,500 glossary definitions * c. 39,000 references * Extensive list of commonly used abbreviations * List of languages of the world (including information on no. of speakers, language family, etc.) * Approximately 700 biographical entries (now includes contemporary linguists) * 200 language maps in print and online Also available online via ScienceDirect - featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit www.info.sciencedirect.com. The first Encyclopedia to exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics Ground-breaking in scope - wider than any predecessor An invaluable resource for
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researchers, academics, students and professionals in the fields of: linguistics, anthropology, education, psychology, language acquisition, language pathology, cognitive science, sociology, the law, the media, medicine & computer science. The most authoritative, up-to-date, comprehensive, and international reference source in its field.
Note:
Previous edition: / R.E. Asher, editor-in-chief. New York; Oxford : Pergamon, 1994.
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Front Cover -- Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics -- Copyright page -- The Editors -- Table of Contents -- Subject Classification -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Part I: Introduction to Applied Linguistics -- Applied Linguistics -- Introduction -- Overview -- History -- Applied Linguistics Today -- Bibliography -- Critical Applied Linguistics -- Doing Applied Linguistics Critically -- The Critical in Applied Linguistics -- Applied Linguistics and the Critical -- Bibliography -- Educational Linguistics -- The Emergence of Educational Linguistics -- Taking Stock of the Field -- Future Directions -- Bibliography -- Relevant Websites -- Part II: Regional Studies -- Africa -- Multilingualism and the Role of the Excolonial Languages -- Language Development: Some African Initiatives -- Translation and Interpretation -- Language Learning and Teaching -- Language Learning and Teaching: African Languages -- Academic Literacy Development in Higher Education -- Literacy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Australasia and the Pacific -- The Domain of Applied Linguistics in the Region -- The World of Australasia and the Pacific -- The World of Applied Linguistics in the Region -- Bibliography -- Relevant Websites -- China -- Introduction -- Historical Background -- Modern Linguistics in China -- Linguistics Applied and Applied Linguistics in Contemporary China -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Europe -- Language Planning and Policy -- Sociolinguistic Aspects of Multilingualism -- Sociolinguistic Aspects of Multilingualism -- Psycholinguistic Aspects of Multilingualism -- Final Remarks -- Bibliography -- North America -- A Brief History of Applied Linguistics in North America -- Defining and Delimiting Applied Linguistics -- Research in Applied Linguistics in North America -- Critical Perspectives in Applied Linguistics.
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New Trends in Applied Linguistics in North America -- Bibliography -- South America -- Some Publications in South America -- Four Publications outside South America -- The Path of Applied Linguistics in South America: The Shadow Metaphor -- Final Remarks -- Bibliography -- Relevant Websites -- South Asia -- Introduction -- Applied Linguistics in the Subcontinent -- Multilingualism and Language-Related Concerns -- Language Policies: Scheduled and Nonscheduled Languages -- Language and Education -- Languages in Contact -- Stylistics and the Teaching of Literature -- Computational Linguistics -- Language Disorders -- Problems in Translation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Southeast Asia -- Applied Linguistics and the Region of Southeast Asia: Definitions -- Southeast Asia as a Linguistic Region -- From Nationalism to Nationism: The Adoption of National Languages -- Language Acquisition Planning in Multilingual Societies -- Language use in Multilingual Settings and the Question of Social Identity -- English: Its Expanding Role and Varieties -- English Language Teaching and Learning -- Bilingualism in Multilingual Societies -- Publications on Applied Linguistics in Southeast Asia -- Bibliography -- Part III: Language, Learners And Learning -- Acquisition of Second Language Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax -- Introduction -- L2 Acquisition of Phonology -- L2 Acquisition of Inflectional Morphology -- L2 Acquisition of Derivational Morphology -- L2 Acquisition of Syntax -- Bibliography -- Assessment of First Language Proficiency -- Sociopolitical Issues in First Language Proficiency Testing -- Functional and Processural Criteria for Assessing L1 Speaking, Listening, Writing, and Reading -- Beyond the Four Modalities of Language -- Integrated, Standard-Based Performance Assessment of L1 Proficiency -- Implementation and Washback of L1 Proficiency Testing.
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Bibliography -- Assessment of Second Language Proficiency -- Introduction -- Developments in Validity Theory -- Evidence-Centered Design -- Developing a Language Assessment System: An Example -- Messick on Test Validation: The Social Dimension -- Bibliography -- Bilingual Lexicography -- Introduction -- A Brief History of Bilingual Lexicography -- The Techniques of Modern Bilingual Lexicography -- Working with Frameworks -- Structure of a Bilingual Entry -- Main Issues of Bilingual Lexicography -- Directionality -- Bilingual Dictionaries Today and Tomorrow -- Bibliography -- Endangered Languages -- School-Based Programs -- Outside of the Schools -- Potential Difficulties -- Bibliography -- Relevant Websites -- Grammar -- History -- The Scope of Grammar Teaching -- The Aims and Methods of Grammar Teaching -- Evaluating the Success of Grammar Teaching -- Bibliography -- Immigrant Languages -- Assimilation versus Pluralism -- Language as a Right, a Resource, or a Problem -- Minority and Majority Languages in Education -- Bibliography -- Interlanguage -- Interlanguage -- The Interlanguage Hypothesis -- Development of the Interlanguage Hypothesis to the Early 1990s -- Bibliography -- Language Assessment Standards -- Standards as the Goal -- Setting Standards -- Measuring and Reporting Standards -- Bibliography -- Languages for Specific Purposes -- Defining the Object -- Basic Distinctions: Relations between Communicators -- Traditional Approaches -- Recent Trends for the Development of the Discipline -- Bibliography -- Learning Sign Language as a Second Language -- Learning Two Languages in Infancy -- Learning Two Languages Sequentially -- Delayed L1 Learning and L2 Learning -- Bibliography -- Learners' Dictionaries -- Main Features of the MLDSummary -- In More Detail -- The Impact of Corpora -- Signs of Change -- Bibliography -- OtheReferences.
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Listening in a Second Language -- Introduction -- Bottom-up Interpretation -- Interpretation and Inference -- The Context of Utterance -- Listening as 'Input' to Second Language Learning -- Bibliography -- Motivation and Attitudes in Second Language Learning -- Motivation Defined -- Attitudes Defined -- Theoretical Conceptualizations of Motivation in Second Language Learning -- Issues -- Bibliography -- Pedagogical Grammars for Second Language Learning -- Types of Grammars -- Characteristics of Pedagogical Grammars -- Pedagogical Grammar in Language Education -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Reading in a Second Language -- Introduction -- Current State of Theory -- Revisiting L1/L2 Relationships: the Transfer of Literacy and Language Knowledge -- Transferring Knowledge About Language Elements -- Transferring Language Elements: Grammar and Vocabulary -- Contextual Variables -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Second Language Attrition -- Introduction -- Theoretical Models -- Extralinguistic Factors -- Linguistic Levels -- Research Designs -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Second Language Corpus Studies -- Bibliography -- Relevant Websites -- Second Language Discourse Studies -- Discourse and SLA -- Language Identity -- Language Socialization -- Sociocultural Theory -- Bibliography -- Learning Second Language Vocabulary -- Learning Burden -- Word Form -- Word Meaning -- Word Use -- Idioms -- Learning Conditions -- Deliberate and Incidental Learning -- Involvement Load -- Negotiation -- Interference -- Massed versus Spaced Learning -- First Language Definitions -- Bibliography -- Sign Language Acquisition -- Bibliography -- Speaking in a Second Language -- Introduction -- Models and Descriptions of Second Language Speaking -- Areas of Growing Influence and Debate in the Area of Second Language Speaking -- Bibliography -- Third Language Acquisition.
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Introduction. The Spread of Third Language Acquisition: Sociolinguistic Perspectives -- Differences between Second and Third Language Acquisition -- Third Language Acquisition Research -- Multilingual Competence and the Multilingual Mind -- Contribution of Third Language Acquisition Research to Applied Linguistics -- Bibliography -- Relevant Website -- Variation in Second Language Acquisition -- The L2 Grammar -- The Role of the Interfaces -- Syntactic Processing in the Second Language -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Writing in a Second Language -- Introduction -- History -- Current Status -- Future Directions -- Bibliography -- Part IV: Language, Teachers And Education -- Bilingual Education -- Introduction -- Types of Bilingual Education -- Immersion Bilingual Education -- Heritage Language Bilingual Education -- Dual Language Bilingual Education -- Bilingual Education and Politics -- Language Revitalization through Bilingual Education -- The Advantages of 'Strong' Forms of Bilingual Education -- The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education -- The English Language and Bilingual Education -- The Limitations of Bilingual Education -- Bibliography -- Classroom Talk -- Bibliography -- Communicative Language Teaching -- Linguistic Theory and Classroom Practice -- Interpretations of CLT -- CLT in the 21st Century -- Bibliography -- Computer-Assisted Language Education -- A Definition of CALL -- A Brief History of CALL -- CALL Typology -- The Future of CALL -- Professional CALL Associations -- Bibliography -- Relevant Websites -- Content Teaching and Learning -- Second Language Education -- Foreign Language Programs -- Bilingual Programs -- Instructional Practices -- Teacher Preparation -- Future Directions and Research -- Bibliography -- Culture in Language Teaching -- The Cultural Dimensions of Language Study.
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New Ways of Integrating Language, Culture, History, and Identity.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-08-054784-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-08-044854-2
Language:
English
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