Situation-Bound Utterances in L1 and L2:
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kecskés, István 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin De Gruyter 2003
Series:Studies on Language Acquisition [SOLA] 19
Subjects:
Online Access:DE-824
DE-706
Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Biographical note: Istvan Kecskes is Professor and Director of the TESOL Graduate Programs at the State University of New York at Albany, USA.
Main description: This book focuses on formulaic expressions called Situation-Bound Utterances (SBU). These are highly conventionalized, prefabricated pragmatic units whose occurrence is tied to standardized communicative situations. The unique feature of the book is that it discusses SBUs in a cognitive-pragmatic theoretical framework, focusing on four opposing perspectives: monolingual versus multilingual approach; formulaic and creative language use; literal and figurative language (salient meaning); SBUs in L1 and L2
Review text: "This book is a must read for whoever is interested in the exploration of fields as varied as theoretical linguistics, cognition, communication studies, pragmatics, second language acquisition, and bilingualism."François Cooren in: Pragmatics & Cognition 1/2004
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 228 S.)
ISBN:9783110894035
9783111803623
DOI:10.1515/9783110894035

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text