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Originalhardcover. Zustand: Wie neu. 191 S. : graph. Darst. Ein tadelloses Exemplar. - Table of Contents -- Abbreviations 9 -- Introduction ! 11 -- Chapter one -- The history and status of English in Kenya 13 -- 1.0. Preliminary remarks 13 -- 1.1. Historical background 13 -- 1.2. Sociolinguistic situation 17 -- 1.3. Postcolonial Englishes in the framework of Schneider's Dynamic -- Model 19 -- 1.4. Review of related literature 22 -- 1.5. Aims of this study 27 -- Chapter two -- The data and the method 29 -- 2.0. Preliminary remarks 29 -- 2.1. Corpus linguistics and the International Corpus of English 29 -- 2.2. Tools 35 -- 2.3. Method 35 -- 2.4. Language contact 36 -- Chapter three -- The mulilingual Kenya in a Labovian framework 39 -- 3.0. Preliminary remarks 39 -- 3.1. Statistical demographic data 40 -- 3.2. Fieldwork data 42 -- 3.2.1. Conduct of the survey 43 -- 3.2.2. Summary of the data 45 -- 3.3. Analysis of the data 46 -- 3.3.1. Ethnic identity versus national identity 46 -- 3.3.2. Language competence and the frequency of language use 47 -- 3.3.3. Labov's extralinguistic variables 50 -- 3.3.4. Language choice in a multilingual reality 58 -- 3.4. Partial conclusions 60 -- Chapter four -- The formality of language in the ICE-K: a quantitative study 63 -- 4.0. Preliminary remarks 63 -- 4.1. Selection of the data 63 -- 4.2. Frequency overview 66 -- 4.3. Phrasal verbs 68 -- 4.4. Expressions of personal opinion 73 -- 4.5. Contracted negative forms 76 -- 4.6. Linking words and expressions 80 -- 4.7. Intensifies 83 -- 4.8. Partial conclusions 87 -- Chapter five -- The Kiswahili borrowings in the ICE-K 89 -- 5.0. Preliminary remarks 89 -- 5.1. Africanisms and the theories of borrowing 89 -- 5.2. Africanisms in the ICE-K 92 -- 5.3. Semantic features according to linguistic fields 96 -- 5.3.1. Socio-political spectrum 98 -- 5.3.2. Professional life 101 -- 5.3.3. Kinship terms 103 -- 5.3.4. Food and drink 104 -- 5.3.5. Tools and weapons 105 -- 5.3.6. Function words 106 -- 5.4. Changes in meaning 108 -- 5.5. Grammatical assimilation 109 -- 5.6. Stylistic features 114 -- 5.7. Partial conclusions 119 -- Chapter six -- The characteristic morphological and syntactic features in the ICE-K. 121 -- 6.0. Preliminary remarks 121 -- 6.1. Variation according to word class 121 -- 6.2. Complexity versus simplicity 129 -- 6.3. Variation in spelling 132 -- 6.4. Productive word formation patterns 134 -- 6.5. Overview of characteristic features across varieties of English 149 -- 6.6. Partial conclusions 153 -- Conclusions 155 -- References 161 -- List of Figures 171 -- List of Tables 172 -- Appendices 173 ISBN 9783631643990 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Festeinband. Zustand: Sehr gut. 221 Seiten : 28 Illustrationen ; 21 cm x 14.8 cm, 390 g Tadelloses Exemplar. - Table o f Contents -- List of figures13 -- List of tables 17 -- List of appendices19 -- Abbreviations and typographic conventions21 -- Introduction 23 -- Part One: Theoretical Backdrops and Considerations -- Chapter One: Visual impairments - physical, psychological -- and didactic consequences29 -- 10 Introductory remarks29 -- 11 Visual disorder classification 29 -- 12 Sensory compensation31 -- 13 Psychological and physical consequences of the disorder33 -- 14 Teaching the visually handicapped37 -- 141 The cohesion of skills - dual language linkage system 41 -- 142 Special didactic devices for the visually im paired44 -- Chapter Two: Concepts of mental therapy47 -- 20 Introductory remarks47 -- 21 Correlations between emotions and values47 -- 22 Emotion, feeling, affect -- 23 Measuring the intensity of emotions 53 -- 24 Perspectives on personality58 -- 25 Maslows pyramid of needs 62 -- 26 Motivation and flow 66 -- 27 Memory issues 71 -- 28 The authors three-layer intelligence structure versus -- Gardner's two-layer intelligence structure 73 -- 29 Group therapy space 75 -- Chapter Three: Linguistic aspects of therapy77 -- 30 Introductory rem arks 77 -- 31 Language as a means of expressing emotions 77 -- 32 Theory of language learning: Steven Krashen's Monitor M odel 82 -- 33 Theoretical framework on language teaching models85 -- 34 Approach, method, and technique86 -- 35 Direct Method issues 89 -- 36 The Audiolingual M ethod 92 -- 37 Total Physical Response 93 -- Chapter Four: The psycho-linguistic therapy "Touching the -- World" - the experimental method of language -- teaching for visually impairedstudents 95 -- 40 Introductory rem arks 95 -- 41 The psycho-linguistic therapy "Touching the World" structure 95 -- 42 The Re-charged Direct M ethod99 -- 421 Controlled breathing 100 -- 422 Supportive issues: parallel reading -- and dicto-listening102 -- 43 The sandtray therapy 104 44 The Brain Linkage Method - Bioemanation (BSM) 105 -- 45 Edu-kinaesthetic field 108 -- Part Two: Empirical Part -- Chapter Five: Practical implications of the psycho-linguistic -- therapy "Touching the World" 113 -- 50 Introductory remarks 113 -- 51 The PLT steps division 113 -- 52 The Re-charged Direct Method115 -- 53 The sandtray therapy 121 -- 54 The Brain Linkage M ethod 123 -- 55 Edu-kinaesthetic field 125 -- 56 Feedbacks involvement 127 -- 561 Relaxed Feedback 127 -- 562 Re-charged Collage Feedback 131 -- 563 Re-charged Water Feedback 135 -- 57 Tactile structure repetition 138 -- 58 Classroom design 143 -- Chapter Six: Research147 -- 60 Introductory rem arks 147 -- 61 The purpose of the research147 -- 62 Description of the sample 148 -- 63 Research hypotheses 150 -- 64 Methodology 150 -- 641 Triangulation151 -- 65 Instruments152 -- 66 Data collection and analysis153 -- 67 A Mann-Whitney U Test178 -- 671 The comparison between groups 1 and 2 179 -- 672 The comparison between groups 2 and 3 184 -- 68 Discussion of the research resu lts 187 -- Chapter Seven: Conclusions and implications for -- further research193 -- 70 Introductory rem arks193 -- 71 Conclusions 193 -- 72 Recommendations for language teachers of visually -- impaired students 194 -- 73 Implications for further research into pedagogy -- for the visually handicapped195 -- References197 -- Appendices209 -- Index of names 217 ISBN 9783631668450 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 387.

Originalhardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 120 S. Ein tadelloses Exemplar. - This book is a collection of critical essays on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1850) one of the most influential American works of fiction. The presented interpretations deal not only with the principal characters of the novel, but also with «The Custom-House», the Spanish sailors, the Book of Revelations, and the artist as adulterer. The critical tools employed include allegory, the Biedermeier, hermeneutical exposition, semiosis of the infans, and triangular desire. This publication is dedicated to the memory of Andrzej Kopcewicz (1934-2007), the first professor ordinarius of American literature in the history of English studies in Poland, on the tenth anniversary of his death. - Contents: Joseph Kuhn: The children of Pearl: The Scarlet Letter in the criticism and fiction of Henry James -- Marek Paryz: Resettlement, mobility and modernity in The Scarlet Letter -- Janusz Semrau: From the Spanish Main to the Book of Revelation; or, Another View of Hester -- Pawel Stachura: "The Custom-House" as a Biedermeier text -- Jorgen Veisland: The artist as adulterer in The Scarlet Letter. ISBN 9783631743393 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 238.

Original hardcover, 22 cm. Zustand: Wie neu. 370 pp., 1 b/w fig., 20 tables. A fresh, clean copy. - Summary: The author addresses key questions of foreign language teaching: How does foreign language learning take place? What is the mechanism of foreign language use and learning? What are the sources of our understanding of these processes? What significance does our understanding have for foreign language teaching? The main argument is that, in order to deal with the complexity of language learning and meet the current demands for foreign language competency, we must employ the framework of an empirical, relatively autonomous discipline of Foreign Language Didactics, constituted as a «normal» science which strives to understand foreign language learning as its subject-matter. This constructivist psycholinguistic conception targets language learning processes in the real world, i.e. as language use in the context of verbal communication, i.e. comprehension and production in speech and writing. The processes are represented as taking place in the learner's cognitive system for information processing in communicative interaction, a universal human phenomenon. This perspective leads to systematic options and strategies for the practical teaching of foreign languages with focus on English as a world language. - Table of Contents: Introduction -- In a nutshell -- The purpose and its limits -- Some important conceptual distinctions -- The questions -- Chapter 1. Addressing the mystery of language learning and teaching: a retrospective sketch -- Introduction: colonizing the unknown territory -- 1.1. The pre-linguistic stage: grammar as the key to foreign language learning and its alternatives -- 1.1.1. Preoccupation with grammar -- 1.1.2. Alternatives to the Grammar-Translation Method -- 1.1.3. Characteristic features of the pre-linguistic stage -- 1.1.4. Contributions of Sweet, Jespersen and Palmer. The impact of phonetics -- 1.2. The linguistic stage: the role of the source disciplines in the mid-twentieth century -- 1.2.1. Approach, method, technique -- 1.2.2. The role of Transformational Generative Grammar -- 1.2.3. Selecting a descriptive linguistic model of language -- 1.2.4. Complicating the relationship of the field with the source disciplines -- 1.3. The present: mapping the territory -- 1.4. Toward autonomy -- 1.5. Concluding remarks -- Chapter 2. Targeting the relevant aspect of language: focus on language use -- Introduction: on the many facets of language -- 2.1. How to reduce the complexity of the problem? -- 2.2. The format of 'normal' academic disciplines as a source of orientation -- 2.2.1. Scientific activities as specialization of human cognitive processes -- 2.2.2. How can scientists communicate with the empirical reality? -- 2.2.3. On the interface between Foreign Language Didactics as an empirical discipline and the empirical reality -- 2.2.4. What informs a 'normal' academic discipline? -- 2.3. On the meaning of the adjective 'interdisciplinary' -- 2.4. Applications in a 'normal' academic discipline -- 2.5. The field of Foreign Language Didactics as a 'normal' academic discipline -- 2.5.1. Deriving models of language learning from language use -- 2.5.2. The human locus of foreign language use and learning -- 2.5.3. The learner as human information-processor -- 2.6. Advantages of regarding language use and learning as human information processing -- 2.7. The constructive contribution of the language learner to language use -- 2.8. Concluding remarks -- Chapter 3. Focus on the learner's cognitive equipment: the mechanism of human information processing (HIP) -- Introduction: the cognitive site of foreign language use -- 3.1. Distinctive properties of human cognitive functioning -- 3.2. Human information processing (HIP) -- 3.2.1. Hierarchies (subordinate and superordinate levels) in human cognitive functioning -- 3.2.2. The mechanism of human information processing including foreign language use -- 3.2.3. Perception: the interface between the subject and the environment -- 3.2.4. The role of perception in learning a foreign language -- 3.2.5. Attention -- 3.2.6. Attention versus working memory -- 3.2.7. Working memory and intentional behaviour -- 3.2.8. Memory -- 3.2.9. Memory representations requisite in language use and learning -- 3.3. Information structures and their types: cognitive schemata -- 3.4. Concepts in our mental lexicon -- 3.5. Procedural and declarative representations -- 3.5.1. Multiple coding and filing in language use and learning -- 3.6. Controlled, automatic and hybrid processing -- 3.7. Skill acquisition and expertise -- 3.7.1. Differences between experts and novices in the use of skills -- 3.8. The role of feedback in learning -- 3.9. Implications for understanding foreign language learning and teaching -- Chapter 4. Focus on the phenomenon of language use in verbal communication -- Introduction: the communicative structure of language use -- 4.1. Information, signals, signs and symbols in verbal communication -- 4.2. Verbal communication as a human cognitive activity -- 4.2.1. Alignment in verbal communication -- 4.3. Interpersonal communication as a relationship -- 4.4. Verbal communication in the developmental perspective -- 4.5. The centrality of meaning in verbal communication -- 4.6. Ties between verbal communication and culture -- 4.7. Verbal communication as human operations in time and space -- 4.8. The nature of verbal communication -- 4.8.1. Constituents of verbal communication -- 4.8.2. Constructing communicative intention -- 4.8.3. Targeting the message at the addressee -- 4.8.4. Encoding the communicative intention into the verbal message -- 4.8.5. Reconstructing the communicative intention by the addressee -- 4.9. Knowledge, skill and discourse as a cycle in language use -- 4.10. Language as the code of communication -- 4.11. Implications for understanding foreign language learning and teaching -- Chapter 5. Focus on comprehension and production in speech and writing with potentia.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is a collection of critical essays on Nathaniel Hawthorne¿s The Scarlet Letter (1850) ¿ one of the most influential American works of fiction. The presented interpretations deal not only with the principal characters of the novel, but also with «The Custom-House», the Spanish sailors, the Book of Revelations, and the artist as adulterer. The critical tools employed include allegory, the Biedermeier, hermeneutical exposition, semiosis of the infans, and triangular desire.This publication is dedicated to the memory of Andrzej Kopcewicz (1934-2007), the first professor ordinarius of American literature in the history of English studies in Poland, on the tenth anniversary of his death. 122 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book is a collection of critical essays on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1850) - one of the most influential American works of fiction. The presented interpretations deal not only with the principal characters of the novel, but also with «The Custom-House», the Spanish sailors, the Book of Revelations, and the artist as adulterer. The critical tools employed include allegory, the Biedermeier, hermeneutical exposition, semiosis of the infans, and triangular desire.This publication is dedicated to the memory of Andrzej Kopcewicz (1934-2007), the first professor ordinarius of American literature in the history of English studies in Poland, on the tenth anniversary of his death.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The book aims to recognize or reject English in Kenya as a new, emancipated variety of English developing in a multilingual environment of permanent language contact. It discusses in detail the sociolinguistic situation in contemporary Kenya based on Labov¿s extra-linguistic parameters and the results of a customized survey carried out by the author in Kenya. Furthermore, it identifies and describes characteristic stylistic, lexical, morphological and syntactic features of English in Kenya on the basis of the International Corpus of English (ICE). The theoretical framework employs Schneider¿s Dynamic Model of Postcolonial Englishes and an effort is made to put the amount of variation found in the ICE into a wider context of other varieties of English around the world. 194 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -One of the well-known properties of Slavic languages is that they show subject-oriented reflexives. This book presents this phenomenon in Polish in great empirical detail and provides its up-to-date syntactic analysis, couched in the minimalist model of grammar. The analysis accounts for the fact that not only nominative subjects but also experiencers, both dative-marked and some accusative-marked, function as antecedents for reflexive elements. On the basis of empirical studies, the book explains why dative experiencers bind both reflexive and pronominal possessives in identical local configurations, while nominatve subjects bind only reflexive possessives. The authors investigate both long-distance binding relations in infinitives and contexts internal to nominal phrases. Extensive references are made to binding in other languages and alternative models. 284 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The book aims to recognize or reject English in Kenya as a new, emancipated variety of English developing in a multilingual environment of permanent language contact. It discusses in detail the sociolinguistic situation in contemporary Kenya based on Labov's extra-linguistic parameters and the results of a customized survey carried out by the author in Kenya. Furthermore, it identifies and describes characteristic stylistic, lexical, morphological and syntactic features of English in Kenya on the basis of the International Corpus of English (ICE). The theoretical framework employs Schneider's Dynamic Model of Postcolonial Englishes and an effort is made to put the amount of variation found in the ICE into a wider context of other varieties of English around the world.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - One of the well-known properties of Slavic languages is that they show subject-oriented reflexives. This book presents this phenomenon in Polish in great empirical detail and provides its up-to-date syntactic analysis, couched in the minimalist model of grammar. The analysis accounts for the fact that not only nominative subjects but also experiencers, both dative-marked and some accusative-marked, function as antecedents for reflexive elements. On the basis of empirical studies, the book explains why dative experiencers bind both reflexive and pronominal possessives in identical local configurations, while nominatve subjects bind only reflexive possessives. The authors investigate both long-distance binding relations in infinitives and contexts internal to nominal phrases. Extensive references are made to binding in other languages and alternative models.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Numeral constructions in Polish are known for their complex morpho-syntax: in particular, depending on the type, case and syntactic context, the numeral may show properties of the adjective or the noun. This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of these constructions set in the current generative-minimalist model of grammar, with elements of nano-syntax. The authors pay particular attention to a feature-based derivation of the numeral construction in its different versions, including complex multiplicative numerals, as well as its distribution in the clause. Numerals in the subject position, with their peculiar case and agreement features become a focal point of attention. Their properties receive a principled account through the use of the case projection sequence and disciplined movements within it. 200 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Language can be seen as a therapeutic tool to the visually impaired. The author explores the psycho-linguistic therapy «Touching the World» which is rooted within two areas. The mental one pivots on emotional openness and balance, gained through the sandtray therapy, controlled breathing practice, the Brain Linkage Method, and the edu-kinaesthetic area. The linguistic layer offers a two-pathed differentiation. Lexical and grammar fields are taught through the Re-charged Direct Method, enriched with sand and water experiments, based on tactile-audible perception. The author¿s suggestions to explore language as a therapy tool show how deeply the possibilities and discoveries are hidden in a language teaching-learning process. 224 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Numeral constructions in Polish are known for their complex morpho-syntax: in particular, depending on the type, case and syntactic context, the numeral may show properties of the adjective or the noun. This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of these constructions set in the current generative-minimalist model of grammar, with elements of nano-syntax. The authors pay particular attention to a feature-based derivation of the numeral construction in its different versions, including complex multiplicative numerals, as well as its distribution in the clause. Numerals in the subject position, with their peculiar case and agreement features become a focal point of attention. Their properties receive a principled account through the use of the case projection sequence and disciplined movements within it.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Language can be seen as a therapeutic tool to the visually impaired. The author explores the psycho-linguistic therapy «Touching the World» which is rooted within two areas. The mental one pivots on emotional openness and balance, gained through the sandtray therapy, controlled breathing practice, the Brain Linkage Method, and the edu-kinaesthetic area. The linguistic layer offers a two-pathed differentiation. Lexical and grammar fields are taught through the Re-charged Direct Method, enriched with sand and water experiments, based on tactile-audible perception. The author's suggestions to explore language as a therapy tool show how deeply the possibilities and discoveries are hidden in a language teaching-learning process.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The ubiquity of mobile devices has opened the way to extending learning environments far beyond the constraints of the traditional foreign language classroom. This book seeks to advance the knowledge about effective learning and teaching of English for Medical Purposes supported by mobile environments. The author investigates the effectiveness of the use of a mobile version of a flashcard spaced-repetition learning platform. In conclusion, she presents core principles of an educational solution that supports the ongoing and situated learning of English for Medical Purposes by designing a mobile spaced-repetition medical vocabulary tutor («Mobile Medical English Companion»). 208 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The study presented in this book aimed to test the argument structure of ditransitive verbs in Polish with the use of quantifier scope interpretation. Since these verbs typically allow for relatively free object order, it is not clear whether any of the object orders is basic or if they constitute separate underlying structures. The study reports the results of five experiments testing acceptability of scope interpretation of Polish quantified objects in two object orders, using variables such as coordination, to reveal which scope changing mechanism is responsible for ambiguity. The results showed that only the DO-IO order allowed for scope ambiguity, however, to a different degree depending on the semantic class of the verb. This indicates that the merge position of objects is contingent upon that factor. 362 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The ubiquity of mobile devices has opened the way to extending learning environments far beyond the constraints of the traditional foreign language classroom. This book seeks to advance the knowledge about effective learning and teaching of English for Medical Purposes supported by mobile environments. The author investigates the effectiveness of the use of a mobile version of a flashcard spaced-repetition learning platform. In conclusion, she presents core principles of an educational solution that supports the ongoing and situated learning of English for Medical Purposes by designing a mobile spaced-repetition medical vocabulary tutor («Mobile Medical English Companion»).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The study presented in this book aimed to test the argument structure of ditransitive verbs in Polish with the use of quantifier scope interpretation. Since these verbs typically allow for relatively free object order, it is not clear whether any of the object orders is basic or if they constitute separate underlying structures. The study reports the results of five experiments testing acceptability of scope interpretation of Polish quantified objects in two object orders, using variables such as coordination, to reveal which scope changing mechanism is responsible for ambiguity. The results showed that only the DO-IO order allowed for scope ambiguity, however, to a different degree depending on the semantic class of the verb. This indicates that the merge position of objects is contingent upon that factor.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The author addresses key questions of foreign language teaching: How does foreign language learning take place What is the mechanism of foreign language use and learning What are the sources of our understanding of these processes What significance does our understanding have for foreign language teaching The main argument is that, in order to deal with the complexity of language learning and meet the current demands for foreign language competency, we must employ the framework of an empirical, relatively autonomous discipline of Foreign Language Didactics, constituted as a «normal» science which strives to understand foreign language learning as its subject-matter. This constructivist psycholinguistic conception targets language learning processes in the real world, i.e. as language use in the context of verbal communication, i.e. comprehension and production in speech and writing. The processes are represented as taking place in the learner¿s cognitive system for information processing in communicative interaction, a universal human phenomenon. This perspective leads to systematic options and strategies for the practical teaching of foreign languages with focus on English as a world language. 372 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The author addresses key questions of foreign language teaching: How does foreign language learning take place What is the mechanism of foreign language use and learning What are the sources of our understanding of these processes What significance does our understanding have for foreign language teaching The main argument is that, in order to deal with the complexity of language learning and meet the current demands for foreign language competency, we must employ the framework of an empirical, relatively autonomous discipline of Foreign Language Didactics, constituted as a 'normal' science which strives to understand foreign language learning as its subject-matter. This constructivist psycholinguistic conception targets language learning processes in the real world, i.e. as language use in the context of verbal communication, i.e. comprehension and production in speech and writing. The processes are represented as taking place in the learner's cognitive system for information processing in communicative interaction, a universal human phenomenon. This perspective leads to systematic options and strategies for the practical teaching of foreign languages with focus on English as a world language.