Language Adaptation
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Language Adaptation
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Author : Florian Coulmas
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1989
Language Adaptation written by Florian Coulmas and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Language Adaptation examines the process by which a speech community is forced to adopt an active role in making its language suitable for changing functional requirements. This wide-ranging collection of essays looks at this phenomenon from a variety of historical and synchronic perspectives, and brings together the work of a number of leading scholars in the field. Several different languages are examined at different stages of their history, including Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Kiswahili, German and Hindi. This well-informed book is a significant contribution to the existing literature on language planning, and is the first to use one theoretical concept to deal with the relationship between natural and deliberate language change. It shows that language adaptation is a particular aspect of language change, and thus establishes a link between the social and the historical study of language. It will appeal to graduate students and professionals in linguistics and the social sciences, as well as to practitioners of language planning.
Adapting And Writing Language Lessons
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Author : Earl W. Stevick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Adapting And Writing Language Lessons written by Earl W. Stevick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Langage et langues categories.
The Adaptive Value Of Languages Non Linguistic Causes Of Language Diversity
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Author : Antonio Benítez-Burraco
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2018-11-08
The Adaptive Value Of Languages Non Linguistic Causes Of Language Diversity written by Antonio Benítez-Burraco and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-08 with categories.
The goal of this eBook is to shed light on the non-linguistic causes of language diversity, and in particular, to explore the possibility that some aspects of the structure of languages may result from an adaptation to the natural and/or human-made environment. Traditionally, language diversity has been claimed to result from random, internally-motivated changes in language structure. However, ongoing research suggests instead that different factors that are external to language can promote language change and ultimately account for aspects of language diversity, specifically features of the social and physical environments. The contributions in this eBook discuss whether some aspects of languages are an adaptation to ecological, social, or even technological niches.
Second Language Learning
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Author : Virginia Gonzalez
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2004
Second Language Learning written by Virginia Gonzalez and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Education categories.
Gonzalez' (TESL, U. of Cincinnati) text developed from her own experiences as an international graduate student in the U.S., and her interest in mentoring international students when she became a college professor. She examines the effects of social, cultural, cognitive, affective/emotional, and linguistic factors on the adaption process of interna.
Adapting And Writing Language Lessons
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Author : Earl W. Stevick
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2013-01-05
Adapting And Writing Language Lessons written by Earl W. Stevick and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-05 with Education categories.
Each passing year sees more people exposed to languages. The largest number are learning widely taught international languages such as Spanish and French. However, as the world seems to be getting smaller, the number of people who need competence in one or more of the traditionally lesser-taught languages of the world. These lesser-taught languages tend to be the ones for which there are the fewest language resources available. Yet any one course is necessarily of some length, in some one pedagogical style, and with some fixed content. This fact, together with the paucity of material, means that most prospective users of lessons will be dissatisfied with what they find. The decision is often to discard all that exists and start anew, or simply not to start at all. The purpose of this book, which draws upon twenty years of teaching so-called 'neglected' languages in a wide variety of settings, is two-fold: first, to set forth guidelines for appreciating what already exists and adapting it to immediate needs; second, to suggest an approach to writing new materials that will be as adaptable as possible.
Translation Adaptation And Transformation
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Author : Laurence Raw
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-01-12
Translation Adaptation And Transformation written by Laurence Raw and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Examines what adaptation and translation are, and moves towards theorizing both as coherent disciplines.
Adaptation In Language Teaching
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Author : Harold S. Madsen
language : en
Publisher: Heinle & Heinle Publishers
Release Date : 1978
Adaptation In Language Teaching written by Harold S. Madsen and has been published by Heinle & Heinle Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This best-selling rhetorical reader teaches rhetorical principles and exemplifies them by using a comprehensive of essays.
Adapting And Writing Language Lessons
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Author : Foreign Service Institute Department of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-23
Adapting And Writing Language Lessons written by Foreign Service Institute Department of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-23 with categories.
Each passing year sees more people exposed to more languages. The largest number are learning widely tought international languages such as english and French. Smaller, but growing even more rapidly, is the number of people who need competence in one or more of the seldom-tought languages of the world. The purpose of this book, which drowas on twenty years of teaching neglected languages in a wide variety of settings, is to do two things first to set forth guidelines for appreciating what does exist and adapting it to immediate needs, second to suggest an approach to writing new marerials that will be as adaptable as possible.
Adaptive Languages
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Author : Christian Bentz
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2018-06-11
Adaptive Languages written by Christian Bentz and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-11 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Languages carry information. To fulfil this purpose, they employ a multitude of coding strategies. This book explores a core property of linguistic coding – called lexical diversity. Parallel text corpora of overall more than 1800 texts written in more than 1200 languages are the basis for computational analyses. Different measures of lexical diversity are discussed and tested, and Shannon’s measure of uncertainty – the entropy – is chosen to assess differences in the distributions of words. To further explain this variation, a range of descriptive, explanatory, and grouping factors are considered in a series of statistical models. The first category includes writing systems, word-formation patterns, registers and styles. The second category includes population size, non-native speaker proportions and language status. Grouping factors further elicit whether the results extrapolate across – or are limited to – specific language families and areas. This account marries information-theoretic methods with a complex systems framework, illustrating how languages adapt to the varying needs of their users. It sheds light on the puzzling diversity of human languages in a quantitative, data driven and reproducible manner.
The Adaptive Value Of Languages Non Linguistic Causes Of Language Diversity
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Adaptive Value Of Languages Non Linguistic Causes Of Language Diversity written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
The goal of this eBook is to shed light on the non-linguistic causes of language diversity, and in particular, to explore the possibility that some aspects of the structure of languages may result from an adaptation to the natural and/or human-made environment. Traditionally, language diversity has been claimed to result from random, internally-motivated changes in language structure. However, ongoing research suggests instead that different factors that are external to language can promote language change and ultimately account for aspects of language diversity, specifically features of the social and physical environments. The contributions in this eBook discuss whether some aspects of languages are an adaptation to ecological, social, or even technological niches.