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| English Language, The: An Owner's Manual |
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Lee Thomas
Stephen Tchudi, both of University of Nevada, Reno
Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 1999
Format: Paper; 369 pp
| ISBN-10: | 0205274595 | | | ISBN-13: | 9780205274598 | |
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- Student-centered approach focuses on students' own use and mastery of the English language. By avoiding a focus on technical linguistics, it offers a more eclectic set of topics to introduce students to aspects of language.
- Integrates material traditionally taught by instructors trained in rhetoric and literature (Chs. 1, 4, 6, 10) with that taught by those trained in linguistics (Chs. 2, 5, 7, 9).
- Covers socio-linguistic, transformational, and generative approaches to grammar.
- Exploration and Extension Activities (x-squared) go beyond typical study questions to engage students in detailed and novel expeditions into language study.
- Students learn about grammar by understanding historical traditions, what problems grammars solve, and how modern grammars have posed exciting new questions for investigation.
- Shows that each type of media has its own conventions (Ch. 4).
- A unique chapter, “Comparing Grammars” (Ch. 8) shows how diverse languages have similar traits; the chapter begins with an artificial language (Klingon) to illustrate.
- A unique chapter, “Language and the Marketplace of Ideas,” (Ch. 10) discusses the use of language in every day life.
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