Language Development Hinges on Communication: An Emergentist Perspective
Studies on the human language system have brought to the fore two key aspects. First, the prime function of language is communication. Second, language exists in the social world. According to the emergentist perspective, during the language learning process communication plays the central role in the emergence of a language system in a learner. Thus, the grammatical structures emerge through discourse as a result of the interaction between the learner and the environment. This article explicates, from the emergentist perspective, the vital role of communication, particularly authentic communication. It also sums up the pedagogical implications of this understanding.
NEW from the bestselling HBR’s 10 Must Reads series. The best leaders know how to communicate clearly and persuasively. How do you stack up? If you read nothing else on communicating effectively, read these 10 articles. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you express your ideas with clarity and impact—no matter what the situation.
Communication is an essential life skill that every teen must learn. Based on the New Harbinger classic, Messages, this book will teach you the necessary skills—such as assertiveness, active listening, and compassion—to become an effective communicator for life.
Technical Communication: A Practical Approach, 2nd Edition
Every student who plans to work in business and industry must master the art of technical communication. Indeed, your ability to communicate effectively in print, in presentations, and in electronic media will play a major role in your success in your chosen profession. Technical Communication: A Practical Approach is grounded in the principle that you will learn to communicate more ef£ectively by writing early and as much as possible in a course. It contains a wealth of guidelines, examples, and models to help you become a competent professional writer.
Contextualizing Translation Theories: Aspects of ArabicEnglish Interlingual Communication provides critical readings of available strategies of translating, ranging from the familiar concept of equivalence, to strategies of modulation, domestication, foreignization and mores of translation. As such, this volume demonstrates to the reader the pros and cons of each of these strategies within a theoretical context that is augmented by translational tasks and examples, most derived from actual textual data.
