2010
This book provides an overview of basic syntactic categories, analytical methods and theoretical frameworks that are needed for a comprehensive and systematic description and analysis of the syntax of English as it is spoken and written today. It is therefore useful for students of the English language but also for teachers who are looking for an overview of traditional syntactic analysis. In addition, the book explores various related aspects, such as syntactic variation, the relation between syntax and semantics, and psycholinguistic approaches to syntax. One focus throughout is to introduce the reader to the 'art' or science of syntactic argumentation. Almost all of the examples that are found in this book are drawn from language corpora - each syntactic concept, therefore, is exemplified by authentic language data.
This volume is a collection of German and English papers presented at a symposium for young researchers on ‘Norms in Educational Linguistics’, which was held in Giessen (Germany) in 2008.
The proceedings represent a multitude of philologies, theoretical frameworks and applications and are structured in thematic sections ranging from Language policy as a reflection of cultural norms to Norm, standard, deviation and Target norms in foreign language teaching.
Contents/Inhalt: Editors’ preface – Christiane Brand/Thorsten Brato/Stefanie Dose/Sandra Götz: Norms in educational linguistics: An introduction – Bernard Spolsky: Discovering educational linguistics: The Navajo Reading Study – Ruth Bartholomä: Schulbücher als Medium der Sprachplanung (am Beispiel der tatarischen Sprache in Russland) – Richard Hudson: Norm, standard, deviation – Chahrazed Messadh: Foreign language speaking anxiety among Algerian students – Hélène Favreau: Linguistic norms and standards: Towards social exclusion – Mailin Antomo: «...weil das sagt man nicht!» - Weil -Verbzweitsätze im schulischen Grammatikunterricht – Frank G. Königs: Wie ernst müssen wir die Lernerorientierung nehmen? Oder: Warum Normenkonflikte im Fremdsprachenunterricht unausweichlich sind und wie wir damit umgehen könnten – Ralf Gießler: Zielnormen im Englischunterricht: Empirische Befunde zu Lernleistungen im Bereich Schreiben in Grundkursen an Haupt- und Gesamtschulen – Gabriela Marques-Schäfer/Eva Platten: DaF-Lernen in Chat und Wiki: Der Umgang mit Normen in zwei interaktiven Lernangeboten – Eirini Monsela: Pragmatische Äquivalenzen des Präteritums und des Perfekts für das Sprachpaar Deutsch-Neugriechisch – Martina Möllering: Language norms and integration: A role for educational linguistics.