A corpus-driven analysis of certainty stance adverbs: Obviously, really and actually in spoken native and learner English
Pascual Pérez-Paredes & Camino Bueno-Alastuey
Author: perezparedes
CFP Ethnographies of academic writing: research and pedagogy May 16-17th, 2019 University of Zaragoza (Spain)
Ethnographies of academic writing: research and pedagogy
May 16-17th, 2019
University of Zaragoza (Spain)
Important dates
Deadline for abstracts: January 20th, 2019
Notification of acceptance: February 10th, 2019
Early registration: No later than March 10th, 2019
Deadline for standard registration: May 10th, 2019
Ethnographies of writing Conference: May 16-17th, 2019
Keynote CITIE 2018: Pensamiento computacional y aprendizaje de lenguas
Keynote: Pensamiento computacional y aprendizaje de lenguas
Selección de recursos sobre lingüística de corpus y lenguas.
Nobody has ever been criticized for writing that is too clear
“The cognitive and social foundations of language acquisition” 22 Nov 16:30
Interesting talk in the Cambridge Linguistics Forum
Dr Paul Ibbotson, Open University
Thursday 22nd of November at 4.30-6pm
English Faculty Building, GR-06/07 (ground floor).
Tea/coffee and biscuits from 4pm.
“The cognitive and social foundations of language acquisition”
Paul Ibbotson will present evidence from his own research that shows the developmental trajectory of language is in some important sense contingent on the development of other non-linguistic abilities. The central thesis of work is that language is constructed out of usage events using species-general cognitive mechanisms (e.g. categorization, inhibition, memory, attention) and constrained by a species-unique set of social skills (e.g., communicative intention-reading, cultural learning). He will also discuss the promises and the challenges that taking this ‘developmental cognitive linguistics’ approach can bring.
Lorenzo Silva: Leer
Está llegando el momento de decirlo sin ambages ni medias tintas, sin paños calientes ni mentiras piadosas: quien renuncia a la lectura -la que se produce ante un texto compuesto con exigencia y contenido, en un ejercicio de análisis, reflexión e introspección– para suplirla con el sucedáneo nimio del mariposeo por las ventanitas digitales y audiovisuales deja de utilizar una parte de su cerebro. Y no una parte cualquiera. De ella brota el pensamiento crítico, la captación de matices, la comprensión de realidades complejas y de los problemas que suponen un desafío verdadero; aquellos que van más allá de la dificultad mecánica y necesitamos resolver. Nos lo recuerda un lector: ya estamos más allá de la evidencia intuitiva, la neurociencia empieza a certificarlo y a dar la voz de alarma. Hay que leer. Nos jugamos mucho.
Lorenzo Silva
XLSemanal, 30 de octubre de 2018