TY - JOUR

T1 - Theoretical linguistics meets pedagogical practice pronominal subject use in Spanish as a second language

AU - Rothman, Jason

PY - 2010/3/31

Y1 - 2010/3/31

N2 - This article attempts to highlight the importance of theoretical linguistics and empirical cognitive linguistics studies for the practical teaching of Spanish as a second language. Looking at the domain of subject pronominal use as an example, I endeavor to show how formal linguistics can be useful to language instructors. This is a significant enterprise since language instructors could benefit from both a better understanding of the linguistic properties of the languages they teach and what psycholinguistic studies have revealed about the nature of adult language learning in general. AATSP

AB - This article attempts to highlight the importance of theoretical linguistics and empirical cognitive linguistics studies for the practical teaching of Spanish as a second language. Looking at the domain of subject pronominal use as an example, I endeavor to show how formal linguistics can be useful to language instructors. This is a significant enterprise since language instructors could benefit from both a better understanding of the linguistic properties of the languages they teach and what psycholinguistic studies have revealed about the nature of adult language learning in general. AATSP

KW - Discourse constraints

KW - Null subjects

KW - Overt subjects

KW - Pragmatics

KW - Wwitch reference

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:79952861833

VL - 93

SP - 52

EP - 65

JO - Hispania

JF - Hispania

SN - 0018-2133

IS - 1

ER -