Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Chapter One On the importance of noticing: attention |
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1 Selectivity of attention |
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1.1 Attentional selectivity: main research paths to date |
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1.1.1 Focusing in controlled vs. automated processing |
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1.1.2 Extensive and intensive attention |
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1.2 Working memory and attention |
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2 The problem of consciousness |
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2.1 The easy problems of consciousness |
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2.2 The hard problem of consciousness - Chalmers' dualism vs. Dennett's physicalism |
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2.3 Dual Process Theories |
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2.3.1 Epstein's Cognitive-Experiential Self-Theory |
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2.3.2 Bargh and Wegner's automatic processing |
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2.3.3 Chaiken's heuristic and systematic information processing |
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3 Attention and language learning |
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3.1 Attentional selectivity in language processing |
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3.1.1 Selectivity in language processing. Treisman revisited |
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3.1.2 Attentional selectivity in language learning. The constraints on the process |
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3.1.2.1 Selectivity in input processing. Form/meaning trade-off effects |
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3.1.2.2 Selectivity in output processing |
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3.2 On noticing. The problem of conscious awareness |
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3.2.1 The Noticing Hypothesis - strong and weak versions |
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3.2.2 The levels of conscious awareness |
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3.2.2.1 Awareness on the level of noticing |
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3.2.2.2 Awareness on the level of understanding |
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3.2.2.3 The strong version of the Noticing Hypothesis. A discussion |
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3.2.4 Constraints on noticing |
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Chapter Two Language instruction: Theoretical underpinnings and practical options |
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1 Implicit and explicit learning |
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1.1.1 Defining the implicit. The terminological hoax |
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1.1.2 Implicit learning paradigms |
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1.1.3 Implicit learning and educating intuition |
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113 | (2) |
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1.2.1 Defining the explicit |
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1.2.2 Explicit learning paradigms and models |
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119 | (7) |
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2 Implicit and explicit learning of languages |
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2.1 Implicit language learning |
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2.1.1 Deductive implicit models: the Identity Hypothesis and UG-based approaches |
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2.1.2 Inductive-implicit models: the Interlanguage Theory, the Monitor Model and the Competition Model |
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2.1.3 Acquisition by Processing - the APT model |
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137 | (3) |
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2.2 Explicit language learning |
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2.2.1 Input Processing (IP) |
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140 | (2) |
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2.2.2 Output/interaction-based approaches |
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142 | (2) |
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2.2.3 Language as a cognitive skill |
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144 | (2) |
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2.2.4 Theoretical underpinnings of instructed learning |
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146 | (6) |
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3 Focus-on form: pedagogical options |
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152 | (25) |
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3.1 Comprehensible-input language pedagogy |
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153 | (2) |
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3.3 Consciousness Raising |
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158 | (9) |
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3.4 Explicit focus on form: the experiential classroom |
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167 | (4) |
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3.5 Explicit focus-on-form - direct instruction |
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4 What kind of focus on form? Learner individual differences and object-of-study constraints |
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4.1 Focus on form or focus on forms? |
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4.2 Learner constraints on form-focused instruction. Individual differences |
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4.2.1 Language aptitude and working memory as individual differences |
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182 | (4) |
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4.2.2 Learning styles and instruction |
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186 | (4) |
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4.3 Object-of-study constraints |
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190 | (5) |
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Chapter Three The meaning of meaning |
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1 Introduction to meaning. The cognitive perspective |
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199 | (9) |
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200 | (2) |
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1.2 Conceptual and spatial semantics; Jackendoff's model (2002, 2004) |
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202 | (6) |
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2 Holistic semantic models |
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208 | (17) |
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2.2 Frames and cultural models |
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213 | (4) |
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2.2.2 Interactional frames |
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218 | (3) |
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3 Holistic semantic models: the intra- and inter-space processes |
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3.2.1 Perspective in the scope of predication |
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3.2.2 Perspective in discourse |
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4 Conceptual Integration Theory |
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5 Dynamic aspects of online meaning construction: frame shifting and conceptual blending |
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Chapter Four Focus on the semantics of the English tense-aspect system |
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1 Tense and aspect - the preliminaries |
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252 | (21) |
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1.1.1 The timeline and the basic temporal concepts |
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253 | (4) |
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1.1.3 Tense as a grammatical category |
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1.2.1 Perfective vs. imperfective |
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1.3 Tense and aspect. The grams |
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2 The English tense and aspect as grammatical categories. The prototype effects |
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273 | (18) |
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276 | (5) |
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2.4 The progressive and the perfect aspects |
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283 | (5) |
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2.5 Prototypicality effects in time orientation |
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288 | (3) |
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3 Perspectivisation of the English tense and aspect |
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291 | (17) |
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3.1 Tense as deixis: the present tense hoax |
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292 | (4) |
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3.2 Simple totalities vs. complex partialities: the optimality/egocentricity issue |
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296 | (2) |
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3.3 What the perfects have in common |
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298 | (2) |
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3.4 Tense as a reference point construction: the perspective of mental space architecture |
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300 | (3) |
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3.5 Temporal and aspectual profiles; the notion of re-profiling |
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4 The CIT perspective on the semantics of English temporal expressions |
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308 | (5) |
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PART III FOCUS ON FORM-MEANING CONNECTIONS IN THE ENGLISH TENSE-ASPECT SYSTEM |
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Chapter Five Organic Approach Deductivised: Towards a research design |
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315 | (46) |
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1 Form-meaning mappings in the tense-aspect system. Research to date |
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1.1 Contextualising the OAD studies |
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1.2 Form-to-function studies of the acquisition of the temporal system |
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317 | (1) |
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1.2.1 The acquisitional sequence studies |
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317 | (3) |
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1.2.2 Aspect Hypothesis (AH) studies |
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320 | (3) |
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1.2.3 Discourse Hypothesis studies. Bardovi-Harlig's (1998, 2000) aspect-and-narrative approach |
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323 | (2) |
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1.3 The focus-on-form perspective on time-talk acquisition |
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325 | (5) |
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2 Linguistic perspectives on form-focus pedagogy. Construction grammar as an option |
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330 | (15) |
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2.1 Grammar theories to date and their impact on pedagogical grammar |
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331 | (6) |
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2.2 The Lexical Approach - potential shortcomings |
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337 | (4) |
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2.3 Construction Grammar (CxG) - an overview |
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341 | (1) |
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2.4 Construction Grammar as the theoretical backbone of grammar pedagogy |
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342 | (3) |
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3 Organic Approach Deductivised |
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345 | (16) |
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3.1 The advanced language learner. Indentifying the problem |
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346 | (1) |
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3.2 Form-form and form-meaning discrepancy in the advanced language classroom |
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347 | (1) |
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3.2.1 The deductive, linear approach: the main culprit? |
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348 | (3) |
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3.2.2 The organic, input-based approaches: another culprit? |
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351 | (3) |
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3.3 Teaching the semantics of grammar. The treatment |
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354 | (7) |
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Chapter Six Implementing Organic Approach Deductivised: The studies |
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361 | (68) |
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1.1 Research questions and hypotheses |
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362 | (1) |
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1.3 Research participants |
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363 | (3) |
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366 | (2) |
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1.5 Research instruments, data and NS/NNS calculation procedures |
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1.5.1 The test format and the data collection procedures |
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368 | (3) |
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1.5.2 The NS/NNS gap calculation procedure: distance in multidimensional spaces |
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371 | (2) |
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2 Research implementation |
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2.2.3 Delayed post-test results |
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3 Organic Approach Deductivised: a discussion |
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416 | (13) |
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3.1 Analysis of test results |
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416 | (9) |
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425 | (4) |
Focus On The Semantics Of Grammar: Conclusions And Implications |
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429 | (10) |
Bibliography |
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Appendix 1 |
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Appendix 2 |
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Appendix 3 |
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