The Application of Linguistics to Tesol

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ID9957034
AuthorsBetty Wallace Robinett (corresponding author)
Year1973
Volume7
Issue4
Pages425
Publication date1973-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTESOL Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0039-8322 • E-ISSN: 1545-7249
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3585872
OpenAlexW2078652026
LanguageEN
References cited6

Strong pleas have been made for the application of linguistics to teaching English to speakers of other languages; this paper supports this point of view but with the stipulation that it be a broadly based, flexible approach, not necessarily following one stated theory. Examples are given of insights into English grammar from such diverse points of view as those held by Jespersen, Fillmore, Gleason, and others, none of which seems to be found in ESL textbooks to date. Some of the grammatical items discussed are the common sex pronoun they; sentences such as The potatoes are cooking and Mother is cooking; the negative of modals; the count or non-count usage of nouns; and contrastive points of view with bring-take, lend-borrow, and sell-buy. Many of the items involve some form of situational or contextual ambiguity which can be resolved through the introduction of presupposition into their interpretation. Thus, the conclusion is reached that the pedagogical emphasis on the use of context in teaching ESL is often necessitated by the actual language item itself

Applied linguistics · Comprehension approach · Language and Communication Technologies · Language education · Language technology · Linguistics · Media linguistics · Quantitative linguistics · Sociology · Theoretical linguistics · Lexicography and Language Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning

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