Making Progress Simpler?: Applying Cognitive Grammar to Tense-Aspect Teaching

By Monica Reif

This study presents a new approach to tense-aspect teaching from the perspective of Cognitive Linguistics. Its aims are twofold: first, to provide a coherent account of the English tense-aspect system. To this end, a synthesis of Langacker's Cognitive Grammar theory and Fauconnier's Mental Space approach will be put forward. Second, to test the applicability and effectiveness of CL-informed learning materials in the language classroom. For that purpose, an empirical analysis was conducted involving German students of English at an upper-intermediate level. The study therefore addresses linguists and language teachers alike.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 363161120X
• ISBN13: 9783631611203
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"