Robinson Peter, Ellis Nick C. (editors). Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Routledge. New York, NY, USA. 2008. — 566 pages. Includes index.The Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition unifies the various theoretical and empirical strands within the burgeoning research field of cognitive linguistics. Additionally, it introduces and applies these basic concepts to the field of second language acquisition. The editorial team of Peter Robinson and Nick Ellis, both pioneers in cognitive linguistics, has assembled an astonishing group of well-known researchers to participate in this volume. As a handbook, it will be useful to researchers. The tutorial style of the chapters will make it useful to students in a variety of language-intensive disciplines, especially in second language acquisition.An introduction to Cognitive Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, and language instruction
Cognitive Linguistics and cognition
Aspects of attention in language
Prototypes in Cognitive Linguistics
Cognitive Grammar as a basis for language instruction
Word Grammar, Cognitive Linguistics, and second language learning and teaching
Spatial language learning and the functional geometric framework
Language without grammar
Children’s first language acquistion from a usage-based perspective
Construction learning and Second Language Acquisition
Usage-based grammar and Second Language Acquisition
Cognitive Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, and L2 instruction
Learning to talk about motion in a foreign language
Gestures and Second Language Acquisition
Conceptual transfer and meaning extensions
A unified model
Usage-based and form-focused language acquisition: The associative learning of constructions, learned attention, and the limited L2 endstate
Corpus-based methods in analyses of Second Language Acquisition data
Teaching construal: Cognitive Pedagogical Grammar
Cognitive Linguistics and second language instruction
Conclusion: Cognitive Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and L2 instruction—issues for researchISBN10: 0–805–85351–0 (hbk)
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