1st Edition

Second Language Grammar Learning and Teaching

By William E. Rutherford Copyright 1987
    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    The thrust of the book is not so much upon the formation of grammatical constructs but rather upon the shape of the grammatical system and its relation to semantics, discourse and pragmatics.

    Preface

    Foreward

    Part one: On language, learning, and consciousness
    1. The learning of grammar
    2. Consciousness-raising

    Part Two: On edge in language
    3. Living language
    4. Psycholonguistic aspects of grammaticization
    5. Consciousness-raising and the language organism

    Part Three: The readers of grammar
    6. Grammar and discourse
    7. Grammar and semantics
    8. Discours, semantics, and grammatical consciousness-raising

    Part Four: The shape of English grammar
    9. English and language typology
    10. English and language universals

    Part Five: Grammar and the pedagogical programme
    11. Grammar and the language curriculum
    12. Grammar and the language syllabus

    Bibliography; Glossary; Index

    Biography

    William Rutherford is a Professor of Linguistics at The University of Southern California.