Monika Reif Livres

The series Trends in Applied Linguistics meets the challenges of the rapidly growing field of applied linguistics. In a very broad sense, applied linguistics is understoodby focusing on the application of theoretical linguistics to current problems arising in different contexts of human society. Given the interdisciplinary character of applied linguistics, the series includes cognitive, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic and educational perspectives. The following topicsare included in the series: Second language acquisition and the acquisition of additional languages Bilingual and multilingual education Language planning and language policy Literacy skills Second/foreign language pedagogy Translation and interpretation Language for specific purposes Discourse analysis Language testing and assessment Child language Language and gender Pragmatics and rhetorics Corpus analysis Critical pedagogies Research methodology in applied linguistics Language and technology

This volume grew out of the 34th International LAUD Symposium, which was held in March 2010 at the University of Koblenz-Landau in Landau, Germany. The symposium was dedicated to the ongoing convergence between the disciplines of Cognitive Linguistics and Sociolinguistics, bringing together concepts and methods from both fields. The 15 studies contained in this volume explore the relations between linguistic (structural), socio-cultural and cognitive aspects involved in language variation. Methodologically, the contributions range from individual case studies to larger-scale corpus analyses and combine both qualitative and quantitative findings.

This study presents a new approach to tense-aspect teaching from the perspective of Cognitive Linguistics. Its aims are twofold: first, to provide a coherent account of the English tense-aspect system. To this end, a synthesis of Langacker's Cognitive Grammar theory and Fauconnier's Mental Space approach will be put forward. Second, to test the applicability and effectiveness of CL-informed learning materials in the language classroom. For that purpose, an empirical analysis was conducted involving German students of English at an upper-intermediate level. The study therefore addresses linguists and language teachers alike.

Postkoloniale Literaturen haben die Topographie der literarischen Welt verändert. Sie haben neue, unbekannte Gesellschaften in den Blick gerückt und dadurch zugleich neue Sichtweisen auf die alte, anscheinend vertraute Welt eröffnet. Dabei sind die Grenzen zwischen dem Eigenen und dem Fremden sowie der kulturell übermittelte Wertekanon erneut in die Diskussion geraten – politisch, philosophisch, ästhetisch, ethisch. Die Studie versteht das Postkoloniale als ein Programm und eine Praxis im Sinne eines globalen Paradigmenwechsels, in dem Themen wie kulturelle Unterdrückung und die Enteignung der Geschichte zentrale Bedeutung erlangen. Unter solchen Voraussetzungen besteht die Aufgabe der Intellektuellen und Künstler darin, eine Ästhetik des Widerstands zu formulieren.