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  1. Contrastive rhetoric
    reaching to intercultural rhetoric
    Published: ©2008
    Publisher:  John Benjamins Pub., Amsterdam

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9027291462; 9789027291462
    RVK Categories: HF 336
    Series: Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 169
    Subjects: Rhétorique / Aspect social; Communication interculturelle; Anglais (Langue) / Étude et enseignement / Allophones; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric; REFERENCE / Writing Skills; English language / Study and teaching / Foreign speakers; Intercultural communication; Rhetoric / Social aspects; Retorica; Interculturele communicatie; Engels; Englisch; Gesellschaft; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Rhetorik; Rhetoric; Intercultural communication; English language; Kontrastive Stilistik; Schriftlicher Ausdruck; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Rhetorik; Fremdsprachenlernen; Kontrastive Linguistik; Kulturvergleich
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 324 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Contrastive Rhetoric; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; dedication page; Table of contents; Introduction; I. Current state of contrastive rhetoric; From contrastive rhetoric to intercultural rhetoric; The importance of comparable corpora in cross-cultural studies; II. Contrastive corpus studies in specific genres; Metadiscourse across three varieties of English; A genre-based study of research grant proposals in China; Different cultures -- Different discourses?; Spanish-language newspaper editorials from Mexico, Spain, and the U.S.

    This volume explores contrastive rhetoric for audiences in both ESL contexts and international EFL contexts, exposing the newest developments in theories of culture and discourse and pushing the boundaries beyond any previously staked ground. The book presents a comprehensive set of empirical investigations involving a number of first languages; 13 of the 17 authors are English-as-a-second-language speakers, many working in non-US contexts. This work develops a coherent agenda for contrastive rhetoric researchers, studying genres such as school writing, grant proposals, business letters, newsp

  2. Age and the acquisition of English as a foreign language
    Published: c2003
    Publisher:  Multilingual Matters, Clevedon

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 185359640X; 9781853596407
    RVK Categories: DP 1600
    Series: Second language acquisition ; 4
    Subjects: REFERENCE.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling; Bilingualism in children; English language / Study and teaching / Foreign speakers; Language acquisition / Age factors; Language and languages / Study and teaching; Langage / Acquisition / Facteurs liés à l'âge; Langage et langues / Étude et enseignement; Anglais (Langue) / Étude et enseignement / Allophones; Bilinguisme chez l'enfant; Engels; Taalverwerving; Vreemde talen; Leeftijd; Alter; Mehrsprachigkeit; Ungesteuerter Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenlernen; Englisch; Linguistik; Sprache; Language acquisition; Language and languages; English language; Bilingualism in children; Englisch; Lebensalter; Fremdsprachenlernen
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 209 p.)
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    Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002

    Includes bibliographical references

    Theoretical Issues -- Critical Period or General Age Factor(s)? / David Singleton -- Phonological Acquisition in Multilingualism / Jonathan Leather -- Know Your Grammar: What the Knowledge of Syntax and Morphology in an L2 Reveals about the Critical Period for Second/foreign Language Acquisition / Stefka H. Marinova-Todd -- Fieldwork in Bilingual Communities -- The Influence of Age on the Acquisition of English: General Proficiency, Attitudes and Code Mixing / Jasone Cenoz -- Age, Length of Exposure and Grammaticality Judgments in the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language / Maria del Pila Garcia Mayo -- English FL Sounds in School Learners of Different Ages / Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri and Francisco Gallardo -- Maturational Constraints on Foreign-language Written Production / David Lasagabaster and Aintzane Doiz -- Variation in Oral Skills Development and Age of Onset / Carmen Munoz -- Learner Strategies: A Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Study of Primary and High-school EFL Teachers / Mia Victori and Elsa Tragant

    Addressing issues which are critical for language planning, this is an overview of research on the age factor in foreign language learning. It presents research on foreign language learning in bilingual communities in formal instruction settings focusing on syntax, phonology, writing, and more