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Applying Cognitive Linguistics to Second Language Learning and Teaching

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Authors:
  1. Jeannette Littlemore

    1. English Language and Linguistics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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  • Contains comprehensive coverage of cognitive linguistic applications to language teaching and learning
  • Includes authentic examples of everyday language presented in an accessible style
  • Fully revised and updated edition highlighting key recent studies in Cognitive Linguistics

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This is a revised and updated edition of a seminal text in the field of Cognitive Linguistics, written in an engaging and accessible style for a new generation of scholars and students. The author surveys and incorporates a wealth of more recent studies conducted in different areas since the book’s original publication in 2009, exploring how new areas of research within Cognitive Linguistics have emerged and flourished, and taking account of key studies that have progressed the field since its inception.

This new edition has been revised throughout to review, analyse and synthesise the latest state of the art in Cognitive Linguistics–inspired second language learning and teaching research, and suggests other areas that might benefit from further exploration. It will be essential reading for academics, educators and students  across Linguistics and Education, particularly those with an interest in cognitive linguistics, second language acquisition, foreign language teaching and language education.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Jeannette Littlemore
    Pages 1-16

  3. ‘I see less of the surroundings. The story feels different’: Construal and Second Language Learning

    • Jeannette Littlemore
    Pages 17-56

  4. More on Categories: Words, Morphemes, ‘Grammar Rules’, Phonological Features, and Intonation Patterns as Radial Categories

    • Jeannette Littlemore
    Pages 57-94

  5. More About Spinsters and Their Cats: Encyclopaedic Knowledge and Second Language Learning

    • Jeannette Littlemore
    Pages 95-123

  6. ‘Eyebrow Heads’ and ‘Yummy Mummies’: Metaphor and Second Language Learning

    • Jeannette Littlemore
    Pages 125-142

  7. ‘You’ll find Jane Austen in the basement’ … or Will You? Metonymy and Second Language Learning

    • Jeannette Littlemore
    Pages 143-169

  8. What Have Bees, Macaque Monkeys, and Humans Got in Common? Embodied Cognition, Gesture, and Second Language Learning

    • Jeannette Littlemore
    Pages 171-208

  9. ‘Loud Suits’ and ‘Sharp Cheese’: Motivated Language, Iconicity, and Second Language Learning

    • Jeannette Littlemore
    Pages 209-229

  10. ‘Oscar sent Venice an elephant’: Construction Grammars and Second Language Learning

    • Jeannette Littlemore
    Pages 231-262

  11. Conclusion

    • Jeannette Littlemore
    Pages 263-269

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 271-278
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Authors and Affiliations

  • English Language and Linguistics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Jeannette Littlemore

About the author

Jeannette Littlemore is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English Language and Linguistics, School of English, Drama and Creative Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. She is a world-renowned scholar in the Cognitive Linguistic community and has spearheaded the application of metaphor in real-world contexts ranging from advertising and branding, and health and well-being, to education and teaching. She has authored over 100 publications, including seven monographs.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Applying Cognitive Linguistics to Second Language Learning and Teaching

  • Authors: Jeannette Littlemore

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39796-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-39795-0Published: 28 October 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-39798-1Due: 28 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-39796-7Published: 27 October 2023

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 278

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Language Teaching, Applied Linguistics, Linguistics, general, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Cognitive Linguistics

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