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1 - A Guide to the Linguists’ Guide to Grammar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2020

Tom Rankin  and
Melinda Whong
Tom Rankin
Affiliation:
Johannes Kepler University Linz
Melinda Whong
Affiliation:
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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This chapter sets the scene for the book by surveying the terrain of academic linguistics. Issues connected to language teaching and the place of grammar in language teaching are situated with respect to different fundamental concepts in linguistics and the influence these have had on the development of teaching methodologies. The idea of grammatical concepts as an approach to developing language awareness among language learners is introduced and illustrated on the basis of data from a range of languages.

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Formal LinguisticsFunctional LinguisticsLanguage Teaching MethodologyGrammar TeachingGrammatical Concepts
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A Linguists' Guide for Language Teachers
 , pp. 1 - 40
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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