Abstract
We take as our starting point the notion of spoken language in use, drawing on insights from discourse analysis which makes it clear that language is used to negotiate and achieve meaning in social contexts and so cannot be divorced from those contexts. This perspective tasks us beyond a purely psycholinguistic model of speech where underlying mental processes are highlighted (e.g. Levelt, 1989). The perspective also takes us beyond the focus on the sentence, which has traditionally been the unit of analysis in much grammatical analysis and language teaching.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | An introduction to applied linguistics |
| Editors | Norbert Schmitt |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Pages | 187-214 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Publication status | Published - 29 Jan 2010 |
Keywords
- spoken language
- discourse analysis
- meaning
- social contexts
- psycholinguistic model
- underlying mental processes
- grammatical analysis
- language teaching