Understanding Language Use in the Classroom: A Linguistic Guide for College Educators

Language Use in the Classroom allows those involved in college-level education, across disciplines, to make better use of research from the field of linguistics. It is clear that a proper understanding of how to use academic English is crucial for success in college, and this book will aid all educators in helping their students learn and achieve.

Verbs of Implicit Negation and their Complements in the History of English

For sale in all countries except Japan. For customers in Japan: please contact Yushodo Co. The principal focus of this book concerns various shifts of complements which verbs of implicit negation (e.g. forbid, forbear, avoid, prohibit, and prevent) have experienced in the history of English. Forbid, for example, was once followed by that-clauses, while in contemporary English it is in usual cases followed by to-infinitives except in the fixed form God forbid that … Although a number of English verbs have undergone similar syntactic changes, the paths they have selected in their historical development are not always the same.

New York City English (Dialects of English)

This book is the first to examine the English spoken in New York City comprehensively, including pronunciation, grammar, and discourse. Using sources from classic studies to original data, Newman describes New Yorkers' speech in a way that is linguistically rigorous yet accessible to non-specialists. The book also shows how the linguistic similarities and differences among New Yorkers are rooted in social, cultural, and historical factors.

Cognitive and Metacognitive Listening Strategies Training for University Non-English Majors

In this research study, the researcher designs and implements a language learning strategy-training program that focused on the development of cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies to promote listening comprehension ability among second year non-English majors. Learners were studying English as a foreign language (EFL) at a university language center.

A Genre Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” and Its Use in the Asian EFL Classroom

In this paper, the author discusses the particular discourse features of Dr. Martin Luther King's historic speech, "I Have a Dream," delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., in 1963. The paper first begins with a brief description of the context, including the location, temporal setting, and the social and cultural circumstances in which the speech was delivered. Second, the author provides a discourse analysis of the specific literary and rhetorical discourse features that are unique to Dr. King's speech. The analysis focuses on genre, linguisitic structure and cohesion within the text.