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Yule, George – 1996
The textbook surveys what is known about language and of the methods used by linguists in arriving at that knowledge. Each chapter addresses an aspect of linguistics, reviewing current knowledge and providing study questions, discussion topics and projects, and a list of additional reading. Chapter topics include: the origins of language;…
Descriptors: Animals, Articulation (Speech), Artificial Speech, Contrastive Linguistics
Lillis, Theresa; McKinney, Carolyn – 2003
This workbook for students provides an accessible introduction to a range of ways of analyzing language in context. The workbook can be used in a number of ways, for example, as a student reference text to briefly review a particular kind of language analysis or as a course textbook to introduce students to a variety of approaches to language data…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English, Ethnography
Robinett, Betty Wallace, Ed.; Schachter, Jacquelyn, Ed. – 1983
This graduate level text on second language learning is divided into three sections. The first two sections provide a survey of the historical underpinnings of second language research in contrastive analysis and error analysis. The third section includes discussions of recent developments in the field. The first section contains articles on the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Applied Linguistics, Classroom Communication, Contrastive Linguistics
Keller, Eric; Warner, Sylvia Taba – 1979
A "gambit" is any of the hundreds of brief, idiomatic rejoinders, rhetorical phrases, or comments that are essential to fluent conversation. This textbook fosters familiarity with such phrases in English by encouraging their use in the carrying out of a series of provocative class exercises, including a handwriting analysis and a "love test."…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Discourse Analysis, Educational Games
Prokop, Manfred – 1978
A study guide developed to help foreign language students learn languages more effectively and efficiently provides specific suggestions for developing study habits to complement the teacher's instructions. An introductory section gives general remarks on studying another language, including both general study suggestions and the recommendation to…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Intonation

Kramsch, Claire – Contemporary French Civilization, 1989
Two different approaches to the use of French television as an instructional medium in French language (for teaching grammar and vocabulary and for examining its presentation of the French culture) are examined, and their use for teaching two different populations is discussed. An ethnographic approach is taken. (68 references) (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education, Discourse Analysis