Idioms: Description, Comprehension, Acquisition, and Pedagogy Contributor(s): Liu, Dilin (Author) |
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ISBN: 080586346X ISBN-13: 9780805863468 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2007 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Education |
Dewey: 428 |
LCCN: 2007023914 |
Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 208 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This comprehensive, up-to-date, and accessible text on idiom use, learning, and teaching approaches the topic with a balance of sound theory and extensive research in cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, corpus linguistics, and sociolinguistics combined with informed teaching practices. Idioms is organized into three parts:
To assist the reader in grasping the key issues, study questions are provided at the end of each chapter. The text also includes a glossary of special terms and an annotated list of selective idiom reference books and student textbooks. Idioms is designed to serve either as a textbook for ESL/applied linguistics teacher education courses or as a reference book. No matter how the book is used, it will equip ESL/applied linguistics students and professionals with a solid understanding of various issues related to idioms and the learning of them. |