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    Applied Cognitive Construction Grammar: Understanding Paper-Based Data-Driven Learning Tasks: Applications of Cognitive Construction Grammar, #1
    Applied Cognitive Construction Grammar: Understanding Paper-Based Data-Driven Learning Tasks: Applications of Cognitive Construction Grammar, #1
    Applied Cognitive Construction Grammar: Understanding Paper-Based Data-Driven Learning Tasks: Applications of Cognitive Construction Grammar, #1
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    Applied Cognitive Construction Grammar: Understanding Paper-Based Data-Driven Learning Tasks: Applications of Cognitive Construction Grammar, #1

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    The purpose of the present monograph is to offer teachers and learners of English a comprehensive pedagogical guide to two of the most complex constructions in English, namely phrasal verbs and modals. As such, the book presents a fresh introduction to the use of the cognitive approach in the context of pedagogical grammar.
    The reader will find a short introduction to the cognitive conceptualization of language with a special emphasis on phrasal and modal verbs. The tasks in the book amalgamate three main rationales discussed in Torres-Martínez (2015, 2016, 207, 2018, 2020): Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Paper-based Data-Driven Learning (PbDDL) and the cognitive dimension of language providing the systematicity required for the introduction of the tasks in the L2 classroom.
    This introduction is aimed at connecting Cognitive Construction Grammar theory and English pedagogy in a way that contributes to the important conversation between theory, research and classroom practice.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSergio Torres-Martínez
    Release dateJan 19, 2021
    ISBN9781393913467
    Applied Cognitive Construction Grammar: Understanding Paper-Based Data-Driven Learning Tasks: Applications of Cognitive Construction Grammar, #1
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    Sergio Torres-Martínez

    Sergio Torres–Martínez is professor of cognitive linguistics, semiotics and translation semiotics. Among his main interests are Agentive Cognitive Construction Grammar, Cognitive Semantics, embodiment theory, phenomenology, Wittgenstein’s philosophy of language, Peircean semiotics and the cognitive applications of construction grammar (Applied Cognitive Construction Grammar). Current research projects include the conceptualization of construction grammar as an interdisciplinary field of endeavor connecting embodiment theory, neuroscience semiotics and philosophy for the construction of a comprehensive and systematic description of constructional attachment patterns across languages. Central to this research is the need to provide linguistics with a model of the mind that complements linguistic description. 

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      Applied Cognitive Construction Grammar - Sergio Torres-Martínez

      Applied Cognitive Construction Grammar

      Understanding Paper-Based Data-Driven Tasks

      Sergio Torres-Martínez

      2021

      Copyright © 2021

      by Sergio Torres-Martínez

      (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8823-1676)

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted, translated or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or

      other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior permission in writing of the author.

      Applied Cognitive Construction Grammar (and its translations:

      Gramática de Construcciones Cognitiva Aplicada (GxCCA), Angewandte kognitive Konstruktionsgrammatik (AKK), etc. is a term coined by the author and first utilized in an article published in 2016 in the European Journal of Applied Linguistics, De Gruyter Mouton.

      Typesetting and artwork by Sergio Torres-Martínez

      Cover by and © Sergio Torres-Martínez

      Preface

      The purpose of the present monograph is to offer teachers and learners of English a comprehensive pedagogical guide to two of the most complex constructions in English, namely phrasal verbs and modals. As such, the book presents a fresh introduction to the use of the cognitive approach in the context of pedagogical grammar. The reader will find a short introduction to the cognitive conceptualization of language with a special emphasis on phrasal and modal verbs. The tasks in the book amalgamate three main rationales discussed in Torres-Martínez (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020): Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT), Paper-based Data-Driven Learning (PbDDL) and the cognitive dimension of language providing the systematicity required for the introduction of the tasks in the classroom.

      This book is aimed at connecting Construction Grammar theory and English pedagogy in a way that contributes to the important conversation between theory, research and classroom practice.

      Sergio Torres-Martínez

      Medellín, January 1, 2021

      Dedication

      To my mother Nelly and my sister Jeannette for their patience and love.

      Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      Preface

      Dedication

      Contents

      PART I

      1. Teaching Phrasal Verbs as Constructions

      1.1 The Structure of Cognitive Tasks

      1.1.1 The Pre-Task Section

      1.1.2 The During-Task Section: Introducing the KWIC Reading

      1.1.3 The Post-Task Section: Discussing and Re-enacting Phrasal Verbs

      Phrasal-Verb Tasks

      PART II

      Introducing Modal-Verb Task

      2 Introducing Modal Constructions in the ELT Classroom

      2.1 Introduction

      2.2 The Role of Indexical Schemas

      2.2.1 Modal Agentive Constructions (MASCs)

      2.2.2 Modal Referential Constructions (MRCs)

      2.3 Using the Indexical Schema

      2.4. Exploring Agency in Modal Clauses

      2.5. The Nature of Constructional Modal Tasks

      Modal-Verb Tasks

      Modal Referential Constructions

      (Epistemic Modality)

      Marginal Auxiliary Constructions

      References

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