Rolf Kreyer Knihy

Die Angewandte Linguistik liefert seit jeher wesentliche Beiträge zu einer wissenschaftlich fundierten Sprach- und Kommunikationslehre. Gleichzeitig wird sie selbst als wissenschaftliche Disziplin in der Hochschule gelehrt und rückt zunehmend wieder als potentieller Lerngegenstand der schulischen Bildung in den Blick. Aus diesem Spannungsfeld ergeben sich wichtige und interessante Fragen sowohl für einen modernen Fremdsprachenunterricht als auch für eine moderne Fremdsprachenlehrerausbildung. Der vorliegende Sammelband, hervorgegangen aus Vorträgen des Kongresses der Gesellschaft für Angewandte Linguistik (GAL) im September 2014 in Marburg, vereint Beiträge, die dieses Spannungsfeld in seiner ganzen Breite repräsentieren.

Comprehensive networks of language make use of structures that go beyond the basic associative connections that can be found in the brain. The present study is an attempt to provide an account of language that restricts itself to structures of a neurophysiological kind, i.e. simple nodes, excitatory and inhibitory connections.

This book provides an overview of basic syntactic categories, analytical methods and theoretical frameworks that are needed for a comprehensive and systematic description and analysis of the syntax of English as it is spoken and written today. It is therefore useful for students of the English language but also for teachers who are looking for an overview of traditional syntactic analysis. In addition, the book explores various related aspects, such as syntactic variation, the relation between syntax and semantics, and psycholinguistic approaches to syntax. One focus throughout is to introduce the reader to the ‘art’ or science of syntactic argumentation. Almost all of the examples that are found in this book are drawn from language corpora – each syntactic concept, therefore, is exemplified by authentic language data.

This book discusses full-verb inversions in modern academic and narrative writing. The analysis focuses on the use of this construction for text structuring and aesthetic purposes on the one and on the influence of syntactic Complexity and information status on the other hand. It is shown that the distribution of syntactic Complexity and information status in inverted constructions is a consequence of the fully conscious and deliberate exploitation of inversions on the part of the writer. In addition, the book describes a new and innovative method of scanning unparsed corpora for rare syntactic constructions.